Dr. James T. Callow publications
Browse by
Questions or comments on this site? Please email davidsor@udmercy.edu.
The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
Your search for Over returned 649 results.
Proverb
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Absence ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; HEART ; LOVE ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cup ; Lip ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; SLIP ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Man proposes and God disposes
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Disposal ; Dispose ; God ; Maxim ; Proposal ; Propose ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
A job worth doing is worth doing well
Submitter comment:
From - uncertain
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
There's nothing certain but death and taxes.
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Absolutes ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Certainty ; DEATH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Taxes ; Uncertainty ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; COIN ; Earn ; Maxim ; MONEY ; Penny ; PROVERB ; Save ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Speech of John F. Kennedy:
..."Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."
Submitter comment:
J.F.K.'s closing remarks of his inaugural speech in 1960.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; CHIASMUS ; Maxim ; PRESIDENT ; PROVERB ; SPEECH ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Better Late than Never
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Late ; Maxim ; Never ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
If at first you don't succeed; try, try again.
Submitter comment:
Learned from her mother
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Succeed ; SUCCESS ; Try ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
It is better to give than to receive.
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Truth is stranger than fiction
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Smile and the world smiles with you
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; SMILE ; VERSE ; World
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Lucky in cards, unlucky in love.
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; CARDS ; LOVE ; LUCK ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Fool ; Maxim ; MONEY ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Thief ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Waste not, want not.
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Frugal ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Waste
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Beauty is only skin deep
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BEAUTY ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; SKIN ; Superficial ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
God helps them that help themselves
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; God ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
One picture is worth a thousand words.
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; Picture ; PROVERB ; SPEECH ; VERSE ; WORDS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |