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( PROVERBIAL DEFINITION )
INTOXICATION: TO FEEL SOPHISTICATED AND NOT BE ABLE TO PRONOUNCE IT.
Where learned: THEOLOGY CLASS ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): DRUNKENNESS ; HUMOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
PROVERB
IT'S BETTER TO LOSE A JEST THAN A FRIEND.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT PEOPLE WHO PLAY JOKES ON THEIR FRIENDS AND LOSE
SHOULDN'T DO THIS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
ALL COVET, ALL LOSE.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT IF YOU HOARD SOMETHING, SOMEONE WILL EVENTUALLY
TAKE IT FROM YOU.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
IT'S BETTER TO SUFFER ILL THAN TO DO ILL.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
ALL FEAR IS BONDAGE.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT IF YOU'RE AFRAID, YOU'RE NOT AS FREE TO TAKE
RISKS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
ONLY THE DEAD SHOULD DO NOTHING.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
VIRTUE IS ITS OWN REWARD.
Submitter comment: ONE SHOULD BE VIRTUOUS FOR THE SAKE OF BEING VIRTUOUS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
PRIDE COSTS US MORE THAN HUNGER, THIRST, OR COLD.
Submitter comment:
SOME PEOPLE WON'T LET YOU FEED THE, OR WARM THEM, OR GIVE THEM
DRINK BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO PROUD. THEY MIGHT END UP STARVING
BECAUSE OF IT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
PRIDE IS THE SWORN ENEMY TO CONTENT.
Submitter comment: THIS IS PROBABLY SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Data entry tech comment: FINAL WORD SHOULD BE "CONTENTMENT."
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
SOUND (OR TRUE) LOVE IS NOT SOON FORGOTTEN.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
IF YOU MOCK THE LAME, YOU WILL GO SO YOURSELF.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T MAKE FUN OF ABNORMAL PEOPLE. YOU
MIGHT BE LIKE THEM SOME DAY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
NOTHING IS EASY TO THE UNWILLING.
Submitter comment:
SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING AND REGARD EVERYTHING
AS DIFFICULT.
Data entry tech comment: BEING UNWILLING MAKES ANYTHING MORE DIFFICULT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
HE WHO HAS NOTHING IS FRIGHTENED BY NOTHING.
Submitter comment:
IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO BE TAKEN OR TO BE LOST, YOU SHOULD NOT
BE AFRAID.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
AN UNLAWFUL OATH IS BETTER BROKEN THAN KEPT.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
ONE HOUR TODAY IS WORTH TWO TOMORROW.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
HE WHO IS ASHAMED OF POVERTY BEARS IT ILL.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
KNOWLEDGE IS NO BURDEN.
Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT KNOWLEDGE CAN ONLY HELP YOU AND NOT HINDER YOU.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT PRACTICE MAKES BUT HALF AN ART.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT YOU MUST STRIVE TO KEEP WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED IN
ORDER TO CULTIVATE KNOWLEDGE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
MANY THINGS ARE LOST FOR WANT OF ASKING.
Submitter comment: MEANS YOU MUST SPEAK UP FOR WHAT YOU WANT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972
PROVERB
WHAT IS LEARNED YOUNG IS HARD TO LOSE.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-09-1972