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PROVERB

EVERY MAN SHOULD HAVE A CHINESE COOK, A SPANISH MAID, A FRENCH
MISTRESS, AND A JAPANESE WIFE.

Submitter comment:

DR. DAMIN DOES NOT REMEMBER WHERE SHE HEARD THIS.

Where learned: DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): IDEALISM--WISHFUL THINKING

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Blason Populaire

Date learned: 01-00-1964

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CHINESE PROVERB

EVERYTHING IN THE PAST DIED YESTERDAY;
EVERYTHING IN THE FUTURE WAS BORN TODAY.

Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA

Keyword(s): CONTRAST

James Callow Keyword(s): IDEALISM ; INITIAL ITERATION ; OPTIMISM ; WISHFUL THINKING

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-00-1969

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