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HE DOES NOT POSSESS WEALTH, IT POSSESSES HIM.

Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): REPETITION OBSERVATION RICHES

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 11-00-1968

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PROVERB

HE REALLY LAUGHS, WHO LAUGHS AT THE END.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM RELATIVES IN UKRAINE

Data entry tech comment: FOR UKRAINE TEXT SEE THE 5 BY 8 CARD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 10-14-1967

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PROVERBIAL PHRASE

HE THAT BLAMES HIMSELF PRAISES HIMSELF.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): FALSE HUMILITY ?

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 10-02-1968

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PROVERB

HE THAT CAN HAVE PATIENCE CAN HAVE WHAT HE WILL.

Where learned: HOME ; TOLD AT

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 11-02-1969

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PROVERB

HE THAT CANNOT OBEY, CANNOT COMMAND.

Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 11-02-1969

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PROVERB

HE WHO CONQUERS HIMSELF, CONQUERS HIS ENEMY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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PROVERB

HE WHO CONSTANTLY PRAYS BEFORE A STATUE HAS A DEVIL IN HIM.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): 920

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 10-18-1967

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PROVERB

HE WHO DOESN'T WORK DOESN'T EAT.
CHI NON FATICA, NON MANGIA.

Submitter comment: ON THE WALL IN THE INFORMANT'S GRANDFATHER'S HOUSE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM

Keyword(s): PARALLELISM ; WORK

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 11-09-1972

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PROVERB

HE WHO DRINKS MUCH WATER AFTER MEALS WILL NEVER SUFFER FROM STOMACH
TROUBLE

Submitter comment: HEARD IT FROM HER FATHER AS A CHILD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): HEALTH

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 07-13-1964

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PROVERB

HE WHO EXPECTS NOTHING WILL ENJOY EVERYTHING.

Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): CONTRAST

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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PROVERB

HE WHO GIVES PROMPTLY, GIVES TWICE AS MUCH.

Where learned: HOME

Keyword(s): CHARITY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 11-02-1969

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PROVERB

HE WHO GOES FORTH WITH A FIFTH ON THE FOURTH, MAY NOT GO
FORTH ON THE FIFTH.

Submitter comment: READ IN PARISH BULLETIN. ALSO APPEARED IN READER'S DIGEST.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): WORD PLAY

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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PROVERB

HE WHO HAS MANY FRIENDS, HAS NONE.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT USES THIS AS A PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): CONTRAST

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 11-00-1971

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PROVERB

HE WHO HAS NO FRIENDS IS AFRAID OF HIS ENEMIES.
EL QUE NO TIENE AMIGOS TEME A LOS ENEMIGOS.

Submitter comment: LEARNED THROUGH HIS STUDY OF SPANISH.

Data entry tech comment: MY MOTHER OFTEN TOLD ME THIS AS A CHILD IN THE BAHAMAS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; FEAR OF ENEMIES.

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 10-05-1967

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PROVERB PARODY

HE WHO HESITATES IS LAST.

Submitter comment: SAID OF TRAFFIC INTERCHANGES, ETC.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 11-09-1968

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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM MAXIM

WER DEN PFENNIG NICHT EHRT, IST DER THALER NICHT WERT.
HE WHO HONORS NOT THE PENNY IS NOT WORTHY OF THE DOLLAR.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TROY

Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; METONYMY ; THRIFT

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 11-13-1971

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PROVERB

HE WHO IS WILLING TO WORK FINDS IT HARD TO WAIT.

Where learned: WEST AFRICA

Keyword(s): EAGERNESS ; THE WILLING WORKER

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.

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PROVERB

HE WHO IS YOUNG HAS AN OPEN MIND.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL

Keyword(s): YOUTH

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 10-12-1965

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HUNGARIAN PROVERB

HE WHO KNOWS NOTHING BUT DOES NOT KNOW THAT HE KNOWS NOTHING IS A
FOOL - SHUN HIM. HE WHO KNOWS NOTHING BUT KNOWS THAT HE KNOWS
NOTHING IS A CHILD - TEACH HIM. HE WHO KNOWS SOMETHING AND
KNOWS THAT HE KNOWS SOMETHING IS A WISE MAN. FOLLOW HIM.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 01-00-1968

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PROVERB

HE WHO KNOWS NOTHING KNOWS SOMETHING.

Submitter comment: COLLECTED THIS FROM CHARLES ANGELL, HE WAS UNABLE TO GIVE ME
THE ORIGINAL SPANISH FOR THE PROVERB. HE IS OF SPANISH ANCESTORY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 01-00-1964

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