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I WAS ASKED WHY I ENJOY EATING SO MUCH. MY REPLY WAS AND STILL
IS THIS: SOME PEOPLE EAT TO LIVE, I LIVE TO EAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD GLUTTONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
IT IS WISE TO RISK NO MORE THAN ONE CAN AFFORD TO LOSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GAMBLING MONEY CHANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-20-1965
SUPERSTITION
IT'S UNLUCKY TO TURN BACK FOR ANYTHING AFTER YOU'VE SET OUT.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN STEELTON, PA. ABOUT 1920
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-12-1964
IT'S TIME FOR ME TO PREACH WHAT I'VE BEEN PRACTICING.
Where learned: DETROIT ; EASTOWN THEATER
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-07-1970
IT IS THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
IT'S NOT WHAT YOU KNOW, BUT WHO YOU KNOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
IT ISN'T WHAT A MAN STARTS
IT'S WHAT HE FINISHES THAT COUNTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PERSEVERANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
IT ISN'T THE COUGH THAT CARRIES YOU OFF IT'S THE COFFIN
THEY CARRY YOU OFF IN.
Where learned: OFFICE
Keyword(s): DEATH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-03-1964
IT ISN'T THE DAY OF THE STORM YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO FIX
THE ROOF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PROCRASTINATION EMERGENCY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-18-1970
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO BE GOOD --
ONE MUST DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; ALPENA ; COLLECTED AT UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): SKILL PERFECTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
IT IS ILL MANNERS TO SILENCE A FOOL
AND CRUELTY TO LET HIM GO ON.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
IT IS GOOD TO HAVE SOME FRIENDS IN BOTH HEAVEN AND HELL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
POLISH PROVERB
IT'S GOOD EVERYPLACE, BUT BEST AT HOME.
Submitter comment: {POLISH} WSZEDZIE DOBRZE, A NAJLEPIEJ W DOMU.
Where learned: DETROIT ; SACRED HEART SEMINARY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001962WINTER
RETORT
IT'S FAR OFF WHAT GOD SENDS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HER IRISH GRANDMOTHER
WHEN LIVING IN NORWALK, OHIO.
{MEANING} IN THE SENSE THAT GOD IS ALWAYS WATCHING OVER
US; HELP OFTEN COMES TO US THROUGH THE KIND DEEDS OF
OTHERS AND AT THE MOST OPPORTUNE TIME. E.G. A PERSON IS
WITHOUT BREAD AND UNEXPECTEDLY A NEIGHBOR BRINGS IN A
FRESHLY BAKED LOAF OF BREAD. THIS PERSON WOULD HAVE
SAID, "IT'S FAR OFF WHAT GOD SENDS."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
IT IS EASIER TO BE CRITICAL THAN CORRECT.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-24-1965
A CAMEL SAYING
IT IS EASIER FOR A CAMEL TO GO THROUGH THE EYE OF A
NEEDLE THAN FOR A RICH MAN TO GET TO HEAVEN.
Where learned: PHONE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 09-20-1969
IT IS BETTER TO WALK WITH A CRUTCH,
THAN NOT TO WALK AT ALL.
Submitter comment: {CONTEXT} UNKNOWN
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-09-1971
IT IS BETTER TO REMAIN SILENT AND BE THOUGHT OF AS A
FOOL THAN TO SPEAK OUT AND REMOVE ALL DOUBT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-04-1968
SILENCE IS GOLDEN
IT IS BETTER TO BE SILENT AND BE THOUGHT A FOOL
THAN TO SPEAK AND REMOVE ALL DOUBTS.
Where learned: TOLD IN ; MONROE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PRAYER
IT IS BETTER TO PRAY AND FIND OUT THAT THERE IS NO GOD THAN
NOT TO HAVE PRAYED AND FIND OUT THAT THERE IS A GOD.
Submitter comment: ORIGINAL
Keyword(s): {IS NOT}
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |