Showing posts with label love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label love. Show all posts
Love and hate are two horns of the same goat.
~ American Proverb [14996]
~ American Proverb [14996]
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Notable use:
This proverb was used in the movie The Help. It is in the scene where Charlotte (Allison Janney) is giving bedroom advice to Skeeter (Emma Stone).
16, POTD, Proverb of the Day,
Remain a child so that your children may always love you.
~ Swedish Proverb [18228]
Remain a child so that your children may always love you.
~ Swedish Proverb [18228]
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16, POTD, Proverb of the Day,
A heart in love with beauty never grows old.
~ Turkish Proverb [15217]
A heart in love with beauty never grows old.
~ Turkish Proverb [15217]
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul.
~ Hawaiian Proverb [18573]
The growth of love is the essence within the soul.
~ Hawaiian Proverb [18573]
László Tóth (1869-1895)
Public Domain
16, POTD, Proverb of the Day,
He cannot be a gentleman that loveth not a dog.
~ German Proverb [16876]
He cannot be a gentleman that loveth not a dog.
~ German Proverb [16876]
16, POTD, Proverb of the Day,
One must learn to make others happy
if one wants to be happy.
~ Swedish Proverb [18058]
One must learn to make others happy
if one wants to be happy.
~ Swedish Proverb [18058]
Public Domain
16, POTD, Proverb of the Day,
Love gives life within.
~ Hawaiian Proverb [17700]
Love gives life within.
~ Hawaiian Proverb [17700]
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16, POTD, Proverb of the Day,
We trust what we understand, and we understand what we are taught.
~ English Proverb, American [14995]
We trust what we understand, and we understand what we are taught.
~ English Proverb, American [14995]
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Alternate version:
We will love only what we understand;
We will understand only what we are taught.
~ Hawaiian Proverb [19207]
16, POTD, Proverb of the Day,
America, love it or leave it.
~ American Political Lexicon [19570]
America, love it or leave it.
~ American Political Lexicon [19570]
A popular bumpersticker in the sixties and early seventies, it was aimed in opposition to the anti-war movement. The implication being that if you didn't agree with the U. S. presence in Vietnam, you didn't love America and thus should reside somewhere else.
More English Proverbs
Today, it is used primarily in ridicule of ignorance and intolerance.
16, POTD, Proverb of the Day,
We will love only what we understand;
We will understand only what we are taught.
~ Hawaiian Proverb [19207]
We will love only what we understand;
We will understand only what we are taught.
~ Hawaiian Proverb [19207]
[CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)],
via Wikimedia Commons
Alternate version:
We trust what we understand, and we understand what we are taught. ~ English Proverb, American [14995]
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