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PROVERB: LITHUANIAN
DARBSCIAN RR ILGIAUSIA DIENA PERTRUMPA.
FOR THE HARD_WORKING PERSON THE LONGEST DAY IS TOO SHORT.
Keyword(s): INDUSTRY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-07-1968
PROVERB
FREEDOM FROM DESIRE LEADS TO INWARD PEACE. (LAV-TSE)
Where learned: NOT ENTERED
Keyword(s): LUST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT ENTERED
FRIENDS:
A FRIEND IS A PERSON NOT TAKEN IN BY SHAM,
HE KNOWS YOUR FAULTS AND DOESN'T GIVE A DAMN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; THEOLOGY CLASS
Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
PROVERB
FRIENDS ARE LIKE DIAMONDS
PRECIOUS AND RARE
FALSE ONES LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES
FOUND EVERYWHERE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
FRIEND:
FRIENDSHIP IS A GOLDEN KNOT, TIED BY AN ANGEL'S HAND.
Submitter comment:
HELEN CATLIN OF TOLEDO OHIO, SENT THE ABOVE, TAKEN FROM HER NINETY
YEAR OLD MOTHER'S AUTOGRAPH ALBUM, TO BUD GUEST'S SUNNY-SIDE-OF-THE-
STREET-PROGRAM. I RECEIVED A CARBON COPY OF THE SCRIPT FROM WHICH
MRS. GUEST READ IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERB
FRIENDSHIP IS LIKE A SHADOW, IT STAYS WITH YOU IN THE SUN, BUT ONCE
IT GETS DARK, IT'S NO LONGER WITH YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-30-1967
PROVERB
FRIVOLOUS PEOPLE TAKE SERIOUS THINGS LIGHTLY, AND LIGHT THINGS
SEROIUSLY.
Submitter comment: (WHILE LISTENING TO THE CLOSE OF A RADIO PROGRAM.)
Where learned: WXYZ RADIO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
PROVERB
SPANISH: PANSA LLENA
SPANISH: CORAZON CONTENTO
TRANSLATION: FULL BELLY, HAPPY HEART.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-15-1971
RUSSIAN PROVERB
THE FUTURE BELONGS TO HIM WHO KNOWS HOW TO WAIT.
Keyword(s): PATIENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
PROVERB
A GENIUS IS OFTEN REGARDED AS A CRACKPOT UNTIL HE HITS THE JACKPOT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THIS WAS A FAVORITE SAYING OF A TEACHER AT MILLER HIG
IN DETROIT, ABOUT 1941, WHO WAS A FRUSTRATED INVENTOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FEMININE RHYME ; RECOGNITION OF GENIUS ; SUCCESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
UKRANIAN PROVERB
ENGLISH TRANSLATION: A GENTLEMAN ORDERS, BUT MUST DO IT HIMSELF.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB
GET HAPPINESS OUT OF YOUR WORK, OR YOU WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT HAPPINES
IS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
SOLDIER SAYING
"A GI NEVER LEAVES HIS BUNKER THREE DAYS BEFORE HE LEAVES VIETNAM."
Submitter comment:
SINCE HEARING THE ABOVE, I HAVE ASKED SEVERAL VETERANS OF VIETNAM,
(MANY OF MY STUDENTS ARE VETERANS) IF THEY EVER HEARD OF THIS SAYING
MOST SAY NO, BUT FEW DENY THAT IT IS TRUE.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; WOODRIDGE
Keyword(s): THREE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-29-1970
PROVERB GIRLS WITH CURVES ARE USUALLY SURROUNDED BY MEN
Where learned: EAST DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
GIVE THE WORLD THE BEST THAT YOU CAN,
AND THE BEST WILL COME BACK TO YOU.
Where learned: QUESTIONNAIRE PASSED OUT TO INFORMANT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-26-1971
POLISH PROVERB
POLISH: "ZASTAW SI'E, A YSOSTOW SI'E"
TRANSLATION: GO ALL OUT, BUT SHOW YOURSELF WELL.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS NOT A VERY LITERAL TRANSLATION, BUT THIS SAYING IMPLIES
THAT IT IS WORTH IT TO EXTEND YOURSELF OVER YOUR LIMITS IN ORDER TO
PRESENT YOURSELF WELL TO SOMEONE. THIS IDEA IS PARTICURLY USED
WHEN ENTERTAINING GUESTS. MY GRANDMOTHER REMEMBERED IT FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
PROVERB
POLISH: BO'G WDOMU, GOSE' WDOMN. TRANSLATION: GOD AT HOME, GUESTS AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; HOSPITALITY? ; PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
BIRDS AND THE BEES.
GOD CREATED THE BIRDS TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO KISS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-17-1969
POLISH PROVERB
POLISH: PAN BOG GO NIE CHEE, DIABLIGO, SU BOJA.
TRANSLATION: GOD DOESN'T WANT HIM, THE DEVILS FEAR HIM.
Submitter comment: THIS IS USED IN REFERENCE TO SOMEONE WHO IS VERY EVIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
PROVERB
GOD GAVE MEN TEETH, GOD WILL GIVE MAN BREAD.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HONORS HOUSE
Keyword(s): DIVINE PROVIDENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-17-1971