List: proverb
Simple and concrete saying, popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience.
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- parents overvaluing their own children but looking down on others'
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- better shoddy and sincere than clever and deceptive
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- openly and secretly, helping in all ways
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- helping and protecting in all ways, acting as a raincoat (protecting from rain) and acting as a hat (protecting from sun)
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- better the devil you know than the devil you don't know, better the ogre you know than the Buddha you don't
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- better the devil you know than the devil you don't know, better the ogre you know than the god you don't
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- a wise retainer chooses a great lord to serve, a wise bird chooses a good tree in which to roost
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- one cannot shake the will of even the lowliest man, a person's will should be respected, even a menial deserves his convictions
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- a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world, a frog in the well cannot understand the ocean even if it is explained to it
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- there must be a clear distinction between the upper and lower classes, even new shoes must not be worn on the head