Unspecified ProverbsDefinitions

Absence is brother to fantasy — A good thing is appreciated more by its absence than by its enjoyment.

Absence is distancing — The absent get farther off every day.

Absence is the best way to become appreciated — If you wish to make yourself dear, you must either die or go on a journey.

Absence is the mother of disillusion.

Accumulation is a powerful force — Each little splinter holds up a wall.

Accumulation is a powerful force — Quantity makes the cotton draw a stone.

Accumulation is a powerful force — The beggar of crumbs gets more than the beggar of loaves.

Adversity is a better teacher than prosperity.

Adversity is easier borne than prosperity forgot.

Adversity is important — A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

Adversity is important — Adversity brings knowledge, and knowledge wisdom.

Adversity is self-revealing — Adversity brings out a man's virtue.

Adversity is important for learning — Adversity comes with instruction in his hand.

Adversity is humbling — Adversity flatters no man.

Adversity is an invitation to overcoming — To not tire in the face of adversity tires adversity.

Adversity is demanding of patience — Adversity borne with patience opens the door to Heaven.

Adversity is the parent of virtue.

Adversity is the test of brave men just as fire tests gold.