Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-18
USES OF THE PROVERBS.
Adases That Are Witty and Otherwise
Celebrated Writers Words.

London Globe: Many proverbs have
come down to US from remote ages and
are coming to all nations. 1t is said
that q king of Samos worked his slaves
nearly to death in making a vineyard:
this provoked one of them to prophecy
that his master woul never drink of
the Vine. The king, being told of this,
when the first grapes were produced
took "A handful, and. pressing the juice
into a vi in the presence of the slave,
derided him as q false prophet. Many
things happen between the cup and.
the lip" the slave replied. Just hen
Il shout was raised that a Wild boar
had broken into the vineyard. The
king, without tasting. set down the
cup, ran to I.eet it. ard was killed in.
the encounter. Henceforth the words
of the slave passed into a proverfs.
From this Greek original came two
+; French proverbs, Between the hand
and the mouth the soup is often split
and Wine poured out is not swal-
lowed" Neither is so near the original
as u English There's many a slip
'twixt cup and lip 1t is curious to
trace how similar ideas nave taken
root in different languages and thes
various modes of illustrating the same
thought To take, for instance, one or
two familiar proverbs in our own lan->
guage. We say. "A bird in the hand
is worth two i'm the BUSH" The same
Idea is expressed by Italians when
they say. Better an egg today than
a pullet tomorrow ana the French
here-it-is is better than two you-shall-
have-its.' Better a leveret in the
kitchen than ii wild boar i'm the forest"
is the Livonian saying conveying the
same meaning. Another well-known
proverb is, Where there's a will
there's 4 way" which signifies that il
a man has but the 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
a good head does not want for hats"
The proverbs on luck are numerous
English we say ut is better to be born
lucky than rich" The Arabs convey
the same idea in the apt proverb.
Throw him into the Nile and he will
come up with a fish in his MOUTH
while the Germans say. IF he flung
a II on the roof a dollar would.
come back to him A Spanish proverb
saws. God send you luck. my son. and
little wit will serve you" There is n
Latin adage. Fortune favors FOOLS"
AND IT is to this Touchstone alludes In
his reply TO Jacques. Call me not tool
till heaven hath sent me fortune" The
Germans say Jack gets on by his stu
pidity." ard Fortune and women are
fond of fools: there IL also a Latin
proverb which shows that the con-
EtSC VI lIiiS IoIAo 8OOQ. fOTCunG
makes a fool of them whom she too
much favors.'
There is no doubt that much Of what
is called success i'm life depends upon
getting we'll into the groove" and
keeping there. Some unlucky English
man Is responsible for the saying. IL
my father had made me a halter. men
would have been born without heads"
but this can scarcely be called original.
as an unfortunate Arab. ages ago, de-
clared, III We're to trade in winding
sheets no one would die" 1t is to
men of this stamp the French apply
the proverb. Fails on his back and
breaks his nose: the Italians. He
would freak his neck over a stew"
"Misfortunes seldom come singly' has
many equivalents in all languages
The spaniards say. Welcome. misfor-
time. II thou contest alone" and
Whittier soest thou: misfortune. To
where there is more z"
A Call Down.
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