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PROVERB
TO ERR IS HUMAN, TO FORGIVE DIVINE.
Submitter comment: HEARD IT FROM HIS MOM.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; CHARITY ; PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-12-1967
PROVERB
AN ERROR DOESN'T BECOME A MISTAKE UNTIL YOU REFUSE TO CORRECT IT.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; PRIDE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
PROVERB
EVEN THE BREAD CRIES WHEN IT'S EATEN BY A LAZY MAN.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONIFICATION ; SYMBOL ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
A WORTHWHILE THOUGHT
EVER READY, EVER PRESENT,
NEVER READY, NEVER PLEASANT.
Submitter comment:
A FAVORITE SAYING OF MRS. HYATT'S FATHER THAT SHE REMEMBERS FROM
HER CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; INITIAL ITERATION ; PARALLELISM ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE WEATHER BUT NOBODY DOES ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
DRUNKARD
EVERY DRUNK SPEAKS HIS SOBER THOUGHTS.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
James Callow Keyword(s): "IN VINO VERITAS." ; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ; IRONY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
EVERY GIRL CAN KEEP HOUSE LIKE HER MOTHER UNTIL SHE TRIES.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT THIS WAS A FAVORITE EXPRESSION OF HER MOTHER.
SHE ALSO ADDED THAT IT HAS BECOME A FAVORITE OF HERS.
Data entry tech comment: IT IS A FAVORITE OF OURS.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CRITICISM IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-12-1971
A PECK OF DIRT IN YOUR LIFE
EVERY PERSON EATS A PECK OF DIRT IN HIS LIFETIME.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS FROM CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INEVITABILITY ; OBSERVATION ; UNCLEANLINESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
PROVERB
EVERYTHING IN MODERATION.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
EVERYTHING IS GOOD, ANYTHING IN EXCESS IS POISON.
Submitter comment:
MR. VIANCI IS FROM INDIA AND IS IN LAPEER, MICHIGAN,
WORKING AS AN ACCOUNTANT.
HE SAYS THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROVERB THERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LAPEER
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; MODERATION ; OPTIMISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
PROVERB
EVIL IS TO HIM THAT THINKS IT.
Submitter comment: FROM UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): POINT OF VIEW
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001964 (SUMMER)
PROVERB
EXPECTATION IS BETTER THAN REALIZATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Highland
Keyword(s): DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): DISAPPOINTMENT ; IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-22-1970
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE BOUGHT WITH PAIN TEACHES.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): RATIONALIZATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-18-1968
PROVERB
THE EYES FRIGHTEN YOU, BUT THE HANDS ARE THE WORKER.
Submitter comment:
THIS SEEMS TO NEED SOME EXPLANATION: JUST LOOKING AT A FIELD READY
FOR HARVEST MAY BE FRIGHTENING, HOWEVER WHEN YOU GET RIGHT DOWN TO
WORKING IT ISN'T SO BAD.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; INDUSTRIOUSNESS?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
HARD HEART
EYES THAT DONT SEE, HEART THAT DOESN'T FEEL.
(SPANISH) OJOS QUE NO VEN, CORAZON QUE NO SIENTE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THROUGH THE STUDY OF SPANISH.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
EYES THAT SEE ALL THINGS SEE NOT THEMSELVES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): CONCENTRATION ; INNER SIGHT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THE EYES THAT YOU SEE, WILL DO WHAT YOUR MIND SEES.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PREJUDICE? ; TERMINAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NOT BRICHT EISEN
NECESSITY KNOWS NO LAW
CASSELL'S GERMAN DICTIONARY (INSTRUCTORS COMMENT)
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NEVER BE ASHAMED OF HONEST MARKS OF TOIL
Data entry tech comment: NO DATES OR LOCATIONS ARE GIVEN ON ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; PRIDE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NEVER DO TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY
Submitter comment: I'VE HEARD THIS SINCE I WAS YOUNG FROM MANY PEOPLE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; PROMPTNESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1967