Continuing our erratic series of comparative proverbs, I was reminded the other day of the Tibetan saying that goes: “Don’t stare too hard at the yak that your father-in-law offers you”.
It immediately brings to mind the gift horse you aren’t supposed to look in the mouth, a saying which has an almost exact equivalent [...]
Archive for the ‘Crucial Quotes For Me And You’ Category
10 Sep
Comparative Proverbs, II
28 May
Quote of the Day
“If it looks like chicken, smells like chicken and tastes like chicken, it’s probably walrus.” – Seth Gooligan
19 May
Comparative Proverbs
Just as there’s an English proverb that says, “Don’t sell your chickens before they’re hatched”, there are several proverbs that appeal to our prudence in all languages. In Spain (and, I understand, in Norway) you can hear, “Don’t sell the bear skin before you’ve hunted the bear” and the Chinese say, “Don’t burn your incense [...]
4 May
Don’t Quote Me On That
“I sit on a big throne, shouting and belching. That’s how they know I’m their king.”
- King Masootsama of Botswana, 1902
27 Apr
Crucial Quote For Me And You, Today and Always
“The sum of all I’ll ever do is the square root of all I’ve ever been.” – Richard B. Erstwhile
