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PROVERB
THE FEARS OF THE NIGHT ARE THE LAUGHS OF THE DAY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
PROVERB
FEW OF US CAN STAND PROSPERITY... ANOTHER MAN,S, I MEAN.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-00-1965
STATISTICAL PRINCIPLE
FIGURES NEVER LIE BUT LIARS ALWAYS FIGURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; SCHOOL OF COMMERCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
PROVERB
FIGURES DON'T LIE, BUT LIARS CAN FIGURE.
Where learned: WORK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-03-1967
PROVERB
FINDERS,S KEEPERS, LOSER,S WEEPERS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB FINGERS WERE MADE BEFORE FORKS.
Where learned: NOT ENTERED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.
Where learned: HOME ; DURING HER CHILDHOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
THE GENERATION
THE FIRST GENERATION THAT WEARS A TUXEDO, IS THE LAST TO AMOUNT TO
ANYTHING.
Submitter comment:
THIS BELIEF WAS PASSED ON FOR SEVERAL GENERATIONS BEFORE MRS. HENKE
WAS TOLD THIS AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P800 P800.530 PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-10-1969
THINKING
THINK OF YOUR OWN FAULTS THE FIRST HALF OF THE NIGHT,
AND THE FAULTS OF OTHERS THE SECOND HALF.
Where learned: NATIONAL OBSERVER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-18-1968
PROVERB
FISH OR CUT BAIT.
Submitter comment: ORIGIN UNCERTAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
ITALIAN PROVERB
MARINARO QUE DORME, NO PRENDE PISCE.
Submitter comment:
LITERALLY TRANSLATED, PHRASE MEANS: A FISHERMAN WHO SLEEPS WILL NOT
CATCH FISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-22-1968
MODERN SAYING
"FLUNK NOW, AND AVOID THE JUNE RUSH."
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; MILFORD
Keyword(s): SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
PROVERB
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
POLISH PROVERB
MAS DRY GEUPEK PO SZKODZIE.
Submitter comment: MEANING: A FOOL GETS SMART AFTER THE HARM IS DONNE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
PROVERB
A FOOL SAYS ALL HE THINKS RATHER THAN THINKS ALL HE SAYS.
Submitter comment: SEEN ON A SIGN OF KRANDEL JEWELWER IN HIGHLAND PARK, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS FOR CONTRAST.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB
A FOOL TAKES NO PLEASURE IN UNDERSTANDING, BUT ONLY IN EXPRESSING HI
OPINION.
Where learned: MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-15-1965
POLISH PROVERB
"MA,DRAJ GTOEVIE DOS,C, DIVIE STOEVIE."
TRANSLATION: FOR A WISE HEAD, TWO WORDS ARE ENOUGH.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDFATHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND.
Keyword(s): METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
FOR BETTER OR WORSE, BUT NOT FOR LUNCH.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; MARRIED LIFE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB
FOR EVERY MILE YOU WALK, IT ADDS A DAY ONTO YOUR LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HEALTH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-17-1969
JEWISH SAYING
FORGIVE THE ONE WHO HAS DONE YOU WRONG, GIVE TO THE ONE WHO DID NOT
GIVE TO YOU, JOIN WITH THE ONE WHO KEEPS APART FROM YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968