proverb_wisdom_sw.pdf

First published online 22.01.09

Student’s Worksheet

Proverb Wisdom

China

Egypt

the UK

Italy

Poland

Russia

South Africa

Turkey

Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.

An old friend is much better than two new ones.

A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.

A beautiful thing is never perfect.

It is better to begin in the evening than not at all.

A sparrow in your hand is better than a dove on your roof.

Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love.

He who has no intelligence is happy with it.

Make new friends, but keep the old, one is silver, the other is gold.

Better late than never.