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KKMM222159 Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

WHAT'S THE MEANING

HI ALL Emotion: smile

I HAVE SOME sentences i couldn't understand them. they are
  1. "To know the road ahead, ask those coming back." - Chinese Proverb
  2. "Live your own life, for you will die your own death." - Latin Proverb
  3. "All sunshine makes the desert." - Arab Proverb
  4. "When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him." - Thomas Szasz

thank you a lot Emotion: smile
  

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The nature of a proverb is to express wisdom in a form meant to call upon the listener's own effort to understand its meaning. Explaining a proverb to someone is almost as unrewarding as explaining a joke. ); still, personally wrestling with meaning and application is an important aspect of proverbs.

— Davkett

  • The nature of a proverb is to express wisdom in a form meant to call upon the listener's own effort to understand its meaning.
  • Explaining a proverb to someone is almost as unrewarding as explaining a joke.
  • ); still, personally wrestling with meaning and application is an important aspect of proverbs.
  • One more thing, a proverb expressed without consideration of timing and circumstance, may fall on deaf ears.
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The nature of a proverb is to express wisdom in a form meant to call upon the listener's own effort to understand its meaning. Explaining a proverb to someone is almost as unrewarding as explaining a joke.

It's not quite the same thing as a Zen koan (What is the sound of one hand clapping?); still, personally wrestling with meaning and application is an important aspect of
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