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PROVERB
MAN DOES WHAT HE CAN; GOD DOES WHAT HE WILLS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 04-30-1972
PROVERB
A MAN IS KNOWN BY THE COMPANY HE KEEPS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
A MAN IS MORE EASILY HURT THAN HEALED.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-02-1972
PROVERB
MANY PEOPLE SAY GOOD THINGS, BUT THINK BAD ONES.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): HYPOCRISY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
PROVERB
MANY PEOPLE TALK A LOT, BUT THEY DON'T SAY ANYTHING.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 04-09-1972
PROVERB
THE MASSES ARE NO ASSES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 06-12-1970
PROVERB
A MISERLY FATHER HAS A THRIFTLESS SON.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT, TO KEEP THE EXPENSES OF A SON DOWN,
THE FATHER HAS TO BE MISERLY.
Data entry tech comment:
ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATION: THE MISERLINESS OF THE
FATHER WILL RESULT IN A THRIFTLESS SON.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-05-1972
PROVERB
THE MORE NOBLE A MAN IS THE MORE HUMBLE HE IS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
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POPULAR SAYING
NOBODY WILL NOTICE THAT FROM A GALLOPING HORSE.
Submitter comment:
THIS REMARK WAS MADE WHEN SOME SMALL DEFECT IN PERSONAL
GROOMING WAS DISCOVERED TOO LATE TO REMEDY.
Where learned: HAWAII ; HONOLULU
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
PROVERB
AN OLD MAN NEVER WANTS A TALE TO TELL.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
OLD MEN GO TO DEATH; DEATH COMES TO YOUNG MEN.
Submitter comment: OLD MEN ARE PREPARED TO DIE; YOUNG MEN ARE NOT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
ONE FOOL MAKES MANY FOOLS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 06-14-1970
BLASON POPULAIRE
PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULDN'T THROW STONES.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): HYPOCRISY CRITICISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 06-16-1972
PROVERB
RED IN THE MORNING SAILORS TAKE WARNING RED AT NIGHT
SAIILORS DELIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 06-09-1970
NOT GIVEN
ROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): PATIENCE TIME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WELLERISM
SHE WAS THE TOAST OF OLD KENTUCKY,
BUT SHE IS ONLY A CRUMB DOWN HERE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
SMILE AND THE WORLD SMILES WITH YOU.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROVERB
SMILE AND THE WORLD SMILES WITH YOU; CRY AND YOU CRY
ALONE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN