Now it looks like the old proverb of "an enemy of my enemy is my friend" is ruling the day.
Neoliberalism rewrites the old African proverb of "It takes a village to raise a child," to "It takes only the parents, composed of one man and one woman, to raise a child".
Our African proverb of the day: A small plate goes and a small plate returns.
A French poem written shortly after the execution of Mary Queen of Scots in 1587 described the English as a "perfide et brutal" race -- as a French proverb of the period had it, "the loyalty of an Englishman isn't worth a cork".
They showed the parchment leaves to a fellow Cambridge University scholar named Solomon Schechter, who was startled to discover among them an original copy of the Hebrew proverbs of Ben Sira, a second-century B.C. Hebrew book of wisdom.
There is wisdom in the old proverb of the Roman law that a slave who has three masters is a free man.
It is also a sound general principle for all kinds of organizations that any member of the organization should have only one "master". There is wisdom in the old proverb of the Roman law that a slave who has three masters is a free man.
The best-known composer of the final category was Benjamin Britten; not only did the baritone sing in the seismic world-première performance of the "War Requiem," but was also the dedicatee of "Songs and Proverbs of William Blake," a cycle for voice and piano.
It is in one of these stories that a favourite proverb of his makes its first appearance: "Let the hawk perch and let the eagle perch".
There is an Arabian proverb of which most are familiar.
