The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-01
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ExpressiS.s In All Counkri e.
Many proverbs have come down to.
us from remote ages and are common
to all nations, It is said that kns
of Samos worked his slaves nearly to
sdeat h ID max ing u vineyard. This pro-
oKed one Of them to iprophesy thathis;
master would never drink of the Vine
: The king, being told Of this, when the
drst grapes were produced took5;i hand
tul# and. pressing the Juice into n cup
(. II the presence of the Slave. derided
him us ii false prophet Many things
happen between the cup and the llp.'
the slave replied. Just then II shout
was raised that wild boar had bro
ken into the vineyard. The King, with.
out tasting. set down the cup, ran to
meet it and was killed in the encoun-
ter.
Henceforth the words of the slave
passed into 4 proverb. From this
Greek original came two French prov
CRIBS. Between the hand aud the mouth
the soup is often split and VINE
poured out is not swallowed ~ Neither
is so near the original as our English
There's many q slip 'tWiSt cup ana
lip
1t is curious to trace how similar
ideas have taken root in different Ian
Suages and the various modes OF illus
E trating the sa me thought To take. for
instance. one or two familiar proverbs
in our own language. We say, ortt
in the hand is worth two in the. bush.
The same idea is expressed by tailans
when they sly. Better an egg today
than Il pullet tomorrow. and the
French proverb is still more siEniii-
cant. One here-it-is is better than two
all-have-its.'' Deter ieyeret
in the kitchen than 4 wild boar in the
Forest the Livonian saying. CONVEYS
the same meaning. l5 S35
A well known proverb is. Where
there's Il will there's q way. which
signifies that if man has but tile
resolution he will make use of such
means as come to hand TO attain his
object The French counterpart of this
says HE that has good head does
not wantfor5 hats.
The proverbs OH luck are numerous
and expressive In all langlaSeS. In
English we say...It is better to be DorE
lucky than rich.'' The Arabs convey
{ the same idea in the apt prover5.
: Throw him into the Nile and he VIII
come up With u fish In his mouth.
" hiIe Ethe$tseriians say.&.-I + lie fiung
a :1pennys on Il be- root: II q oll1ris wound
come bucki;to him" a Spanish PROV.
erb says. God send you tlrlS. u, :. son.
and little wit Will serve you.'s tl.erp
: is a Latin adaSe. Fortune farors
FOOLS. Il nd 1t is to this Tonchstone al.
Iudes in his reply to jacques. call me
not fool Till heaven hath sent me for,
j tune The C1etriIls, MS say. lack gets
4 on by his stupidity and Fortune and
women are: fond of fools. There is
also II Latin proVerb which shows that
the converse or this holds good For;
tune MA kes IL fool Of him whom she
too much fayor-S..
There IS no Doubt tia much of what
is called success in life depends upon
getting well Inro tie groove and
keeping there. Some u,ilut:ky English.
man is responsible for tilt. saying. IF
my father had made me n In tier. men
would have been born without heads.
bu: this can scarcely be called original.
as an unfortunnte Arab ages ago de-
cIarrd. IF were to trade in winding
sheets no ONT. would die" 1t is TO men
of this stamp the French apply the
oroverb. Falls on his back and breaks
his the TIA lians.s Fl e would
break his nesk over "a stray
.sMisfortunes seldom come sinSlyI
has many equivalents in all languages
The Spani,lrls say. " eIconle. misfor-
tune, ifthorcolnesta lone."and wv nth.
err Eoest thou. misfortune-to where
there is lnorc: The Italians have nu
merous proverbs in the 81 me strain
..One Ill calls another" "a misfortune.
ana 5friar are seldom alone" Iih"
sa me applies also TO good fortune 1T
never rains but it pours,' or, ais the
Arabs say.#s"If the wind blows. it en-
tiers at every creyice- He that is
down. down with him. has it's coun-
terpart in all countries. He that falls
all the world runs over is the German
mode of saying. it. and the Portuguese
proverb runs. All bite the bitten dog
while the French equivalent is. when
dog is drowning everybody brings
him drink" MI
But thereiis Spanish proyerb we
shall do well to remember. They say:
Of tedious writer. He leaves no ink
in his fnkpot!'' It is impossible in an
article OF this length to more than
touch the fringe Of this wide subject
Referring as they do. to almost every
range ofShuman concern and necessa-