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IT IS ONE THING TO BE SMART AND KNOW IT AND ANOTHER TO BE SMART AND
LET EVERYBODY ELSE KNOW IT.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): BRAGGING EGOTISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PROVERB
BRAG IS A GOOD DOG BUT HOLDFAST IS BETTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; PERSONIFICATION
James Callow Keyword(s): BRAGGING ; OBSERVATION ; PERSISTENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-00-1971
GOOD DEEDS
"GOOD DEEDS SPEAK OF THEMSELVES. THE TONGUE ONLY INTERRUPTS THEIR
ELOQUENCE."
Submitter comment: SEMINARY PROVERB.
Where learned: SAINT JOSAPHAT SEMINARY ; WASHINGTON DC
Keyword(s): BRAGGING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
Fish trap don make noise, but it do good work.
Submitter comment:
A person's effectiveness is not measured by the amount of
noise he makes but by his accomplishments.
Where learned: VIRGIN ISLANDS ; Saint Thomas
Keyword(s): don = don't
James Callow Keyword(s): BRAGGING ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of quality PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1991