Canadian Proverbs for playing the Aphor Game

04 Friday Feb 2022

There were lots of beautiful Canadian Proverbs, but having rewritten over six thousand national proverbs and discovered many duplicates, from now on I’m focusing in on the unique ones.

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A picture of Justin Trudeau is worth a thousand words.
All Hallows moon will find witches to swoon.
Baby skunks are cute and look like mice, but their moms don’t nurse the mice.
Beer bellies like to sing beer belly songs.
Brute force and stupidity always win in stupid people’s dreams.
Challenge your preconceptions, or you will get stuck in the snow.
Do not yell “dinner” until you have eaten your fill.
Don’t eat yellow snow or brown snow either.
Even the devil has forethought and places a pillow for a drunk to fall upon and dream of hockey.
Every cook makes his broth to please himself.
God Bless America, but God help us put up with their government.
He thinks he’s got a good grip on the toilet.
I’ve got in my foreign trip; I went to Berkeley.
If at first you don’t succeed, try again in Afghani.
If you can’t say anything pleasant, just say “sorey.’
In Canada, you keep your friends close and Quebecois closer.
It’s good to pursue happiness; it’s better to generate contentment.
Lightning never strikes twice except in Canada.
Many good things came to Canada and went south.
No man is an island, except Prince Edward and 169 other Canadian ones listed in Wikipedia.
The best things in life are free, like nature, pure air, and healthcare.
There are lots of trees to harvest in Canada, but they grow back slowly.
There’s no trailer hitch on a hearse for your friends to ride.
Through seeing other people’s problems, a little forethought avoids them.
Walk a mile in the woods in moccasins and learn why boots work better.
When you talk about the sun and earth, you will see their value to everyone’s good life.
You can’t make a great hockey team without breaking a few bones.

Polish Proverbs for playing the Aphor Game

03 Thursday Feb 2022

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A bad problem sometimes provokes a good ending.
A ballerina on a bad day will blame her tight shoes.
A beautiful plate improves the pleasure of eating if there is food to put on it.
A beggar asked a picture of food for food, but it gave him nothing.
A beggar, when he dies, is given no tolling bells.
A bountiful bush in fall does not give berries in spring.
A collection of your pennies will buy a hen and deliver you some eggs.
A crow is intelligent and will not be seen pecking another crow.
A desperate calf will nurse from two mothers.
A good bargain on an unneeded item steals your money.
A good friend is better than a hundred acquaintances.
A good man in poverty maintains his virtues.
A good reputation is more enjoyable than being rich.
A good wife is any man’s greatest treasure.
A good-looking person makes old clothes look good.
A headache and an upset stomach are the standard excuses for not going to school.
A honey tongue isn’t natural and has been cultivated to cover a heart of gall.
A jug is chosen for its qualities and serves until it is broken.
A man talking gibberish is being tortured by his choices of where to place his attention.
A nobleman resides at his estate as a prince.
A noisy cow is calling her calf to dinner, not the dairyman.
A painter’s pictures convey his views better than a descriptive name.
A person’s words must not be counted but weighed.
A pretty flower without a lovely smell must be appreciated for what it can provide.
A prompt helping hand is more helpful than an afterthought.
A rich man pays for ice in the summer to cool off, but the poor man gets his in the winter and gets cool for free.
A rich man’s children encounter greater temptations from the Devil.
A shirt is more intimately associated with a man than his coat.
A successful boy has many fathers, but a failure is an orphan.
A thief is always alert to being revealed.
A whistling priest isn’t thinking about his work.
All accurate judgments are based on observations, and we must observe several related parallel phenomena before accepting them.
An honorable man isn’t polluted in a tavern, nor a dishonorable one purified by attending church.
Anger is temporary insanity provoked by an unwanted event.
Any time is a good time when you are old.
Anything that can happen might happen, and if it has happened, it is more likely to happen again.
As God’s reality impacts Jake, Jake will treat God’s reality.
As Jake treats God, God will treat Jake, and it goes around and around.
As they see you, they will describe you, so stay presentable.
Beautifully decorated silverware isn’t eatable.
Check out the facts before deciding what you should do.
Chips fly where wood is being chopped.
Choose happiness over health, over wisdom, over wealth.
Clothes don’t make the man, but they do change how others respond to him.
Conscience is comparing how you have behaved to how you should have behaved.
Courage is most successful when accompanied by close observation and discretion.
Cracow, like Rome, wasn’t built in a day.
Cross a woman, and you will suffer the way that woman’s mother would punish you.
Curiosity is the first step to hell for cats and to heaven for research scientists.
Death is a day closer every day, but who’s counting the days?
Death is welcome when the time is right.
Destiny throws fortune, and you must prepare to catch it.
Dinner is delayed, is preferable to tomorrow.
Do not push a river this way and that; it will choose its course and then change.
Do the right things at the right times and sleep well every night.
Do what makes you comfortable at home but not so comfortable in public.
Do what you can now and expect nothing from others.
Don’t gamble, and you won’t lose.
Don’t gossip about others or yourself.
Don’t praise the bountiful day before going to bed.
Don’t shoot it with an elephant gun when you need to kill a fly.
Don’t throw your load into the river to save your bridge toll.
Even Hercules backs off when he faces an army.
Even if a chef only cooks a fly, he will keep the best for himself.
Even presently, calm water is where river banks are destroyed.
Every bubble bursts, or if it’s glass, shatters.
Every country has its own way of doing things.
Every man chooses different priorities.
Every man likes his own thing best, except for the grass on the other side of his fence.
Every time and place, person and people, have their follies.
Everyone is tempted to do things they shouldn’t, and most people resist most of the time.
Everywhere is fine for a while, but the best time is at home.
Evil actions create bad habits that rebound on the perpetrator.
Fantasy hopes are given fantasy rewards.
Few bald men, even with beards, are philosophers.
Finished soon enough was promptly finished.
Fish come to perfection in good water, butter, and wine.
Friends are equals and help one another cope with their worlds.
Friends who argue about public things consider it to be a jovial discussion of points of view.
Goats have evolved a balance between climbing to get food others can’t and falling to their deaths.
God grant me good weapons and never the need to use them.
God guards those who guard themselves.
God hears the grunts of pigs, but they still don’t make it to heaven.
Happiness is your smiling lips coming to the first sip of wine.
He lives long who chooses to live like a happy geriatric.
He who can tickle himself can laugh when he needs to.
He who cheats another is creating the habit of cheating himself at every future opportunity.
He who has been caught in a lie will never be believed when he tells the truth.
He who has little can be happy with what he has, but those with nothing hate those with anything.
He who marries becomes a new man.
He who sits high in the kitchen will sweat a lot.
He’s in church gaping like a calf at a painted gate.
Hit the table with your fist, and the scissors will bounce.
Hunger teaches you to do many things you should have done and must now do while starving.
Hunger will drive a fox out of the forest, so when you see a fox in town, you know it’s desperate.
Hungry bellies will hear no moral arguments.
I am human, and anything that a human can do, I have the potential to do.
I ate some insects in desperation, and a berry pie would be heavenly.
I can’t heal my stubbornness and don’t want to either.
I light a candle for God and the candle stump for the Devil.
If the land’s farmers are poor, the country is poor.
Ignorance of applicable laws will get you into trouble you didn’t expect.
In a healthy body, a healthy spirit resides, and vice versa.
In church pews, tavern seats, and coffins, everyone is equal.
In every house, there’s a louse.
In games without defined goals, we play until it’s time to eat.
In Russia, they make commands; in Poland, it’s suggestions.
Include protections for the possibility that a brother will sell out a brother for a dollar.
Ink, if not used for creating useful information, becomes dry gunk.
Innocence lives in a sanctuary of ignorance.
Innocence must be hidden from the world or become corrupted.
Intelligence is only the potential for thought and, if uncultivated, turns into weeds.
It is a goat’s inborn urge to crawl up trees and mountains.
It is better to let nature take its course than have too many doctors arguing over your body.
It is difficult for one man to defy the ill will of his community.
It is easier to cope with fleas than a girl.
It is more polite to accept a couple of drinks than refuse them.
It is safer to give to a friend without the expectation of repayment in kind than to lend.
It was ever so that you must go to heaven to meet an angel.
It would help your character maintain its good habits if you avoided wicked people.
It’s a poor parish that has no sexton to ring the bells.
Let a peasant into your office to clean things up, and he will pour your old ink down the drain.
Let a pig into your garden, and she will go everywhere her snout can excavate.
Let everyone scratch their own itches.
Lightning strikes where it chooses, and it will usually choose a wire poking high above everything else.
Listen to people, but filter their thoughts through your own verified facts.
Man aims and shoots his gun, but God guides the bullets.
Meat eaters like eagles fly alone, but herbivores eat together.
Men are now the most significant predator upon humans.
Men choose healthy women with their eyes, women acceptable men with their ears.
Mice play around in your house when they don’t smell a cat.
No matter where you go, there you are, and you can’t get away from yourself.
No one claims kinship with the failures or the poor.
No work today, no dinner today.
Not everything that is permitted is good for you.
Not for the dog is our sausage, nor for the cat our milk.
Old age is not a joy but a blessing.
Old habits never die, but their stimulus can be linked to a new habit that overrides them.
One flower doesn’t make a garland but a boutonniere.
One maiden at a party is preferable to four widows.
One sin brings another, which brings another.
Our earth is a speck in the cosmos, but it is our speck.
Pay close attention to facts and past inertia, and accept expert opinions as probably faulty.
People with unlimited power, like royalty, are not limited by facts and can do crazy things with impunity.
Politeness is an easy virtue to talk about but hard to practice.
Poor soil and water may produce a poor harvest, but it is better than starvation.
Powder and rouge do not help an old maid get married.
Pray to God for help but keep swinging your hammer.
Ravens attack you for holding a black bag, and tomorrow you will be attacked by crows.
Running away from a crime makes you suspicious.
Seek, and you will find many things.
Some things it’s better one today than two tomorrow, but with other things, it’s other proportions.
Sorry to tell you this, but you are going to die.
Sunrise is late morning for an industrious person.
Talents differ and are important, but being there counts the most.
Talk of wolves, and they are watching you.
The bell is loud because it was designed to be heard from far away.
The best way to repay kindness is with another kindness.
The Devil distracts you, so you must finish your easy tasks, or they will become difficult.
The Devil may attract a woman, but he can’t please her.
The doctor must be paid, even if he kills his patient, said Socrates.
The farmer is a born philosopher, but the aristocrat has to study to learn philosophy.
The fox changes its coat but not its habits.
The giver of a gift should forget, but the receiver of a gift should be grateful forever.
The greatest love is a mother’s, then a dog’s, then a sweetheart’s.
The heart is not a servant of the mind nor a slave to the body.
The Lord keeps a close eye on his horse, and the groom keeps it looking better than all the other horses.
The need to get something done makes the old wife trot.
The one to hire for a job is the one who wants to see it finished.
The public demands punishment for horrible crimes but can’t punish essential people, so transients are hung.
The sad face and tears of an heir to riches cover a happier future.
The simple truth is enveloped in simple obscurity.
The Sun shines on a dunghill, and the beams are brown but not defiled.
The three things that drive a man out of his house are smoke, rain, and a scolding wife.
The way you make your bed is the way you will sleep.
The woman cries with relief before the wedding and the man afterward for sorrow over his new obligations.
The woman was lonely, so she bought a cute little pig.
The world is big, but all the good spots are occupied.
The world rewards us in many ways; unfortunately, ingratitude is one of the rewards.
There are thousands of ways to go wrong and suffer.
There is always something to learn about what you should and shouldn’t do.
There is an order of hanging: locksmiths go free, and they hang the blacksmith, but he slips the noose to a Gypsy.
There is no justice in the natural world as it just does what it has evolved to do.
There will be no good cream coming from spoiled milk.
Those things the flesh craves lead to addictions and suffering.
Those valuable things that have many guards soon disappear.
Three moves destroy as many personal belongings as a fire.
Thrift is better than money in the bank because it never runs out.
To be happy, create a healthy soul in a healthy body by creating the right habits.
To enhance joy, it must be linked with sorrow.
To have a clean conscience gives you an easy demeanor.
Today we suffer and study yesterday’s mistakes.
Too much consulting confuses the issues with insignificant details.
Treat a guest coming into your house as God giving you a personal visit.
Treat yourself and your companions well, and they will treat you well.
Truth can take you anywhere, and sometimes it will be jail.
Under capitalism, one man exploits another man, but under socialism, it’s vice versa.
Unlucky people will sprain a thumb when blowing their nose.
Water gets us clean, and wine helps us sing.
Water in the river doesn’t quench a forest fire.
We attend to the pain of the unmet needs, of the many needs we have.
We must speak of the dead as if they are angels.
Weeping does not bring the corpse to life, so weep for the living.
What a youth absorbs he uses in adulthood and loses when old.
What I believe in is the only thing that is all mine.
What Johnny refuses to learn, John won’t know how to benefit from using.
What reaches the mother’s heart only reaches his father’s knees.
What the soil soaks up in spring is what we eat next winter.
What’s lost is lost forever, but what is misplaced will turn up.
When a bottle’s in, good sense is out.
When a dog is eating, he might snarl but hesitates to leave his food.
When a girl is born, six thieves move in, the same if it’s a boy.
When a man hurries, the Devil smiles at his successful distraction.
When coupled with an old ox, a young one learns how to plow.
When February ice streets come, put some nails in your shoes.
When it’s your time to go, you have to go.
When parents die, their children are orphaned out to relatives, sometimes to their older siblings.
When something is neither attached nor detached, it is suspected of wrongdoing.
When the Devil can’t make his mischief, he sends a woman.
When the fish are few, a crab will do.
When the lions are hungry, it is safer to stay in the middle of the herd.
When the master has a cold, the servants cough quietly.
When toads wrestle, the flies flit around.
When you own a goldmine, you are wise, handsome, and a great dancer.
Where the body wants to go rest, the legs must do the walking.
Where there are good things to eat, there will be flies to join the feast.
Where there are six cooks, the only thing for us to eat will be leftovers.
Where there is love, there will be good times and happiness.
Where two men are fighting, a third one wins.
Whoever drinks a single drink a day for a hundred years will live to be a hundred years old.
Whoever is fat is going to die.
Whoever is speaking the truth won’t take long.
Whoever wants to leave his homeland, drive a nail through his foot.
With all things, there is a right way and a wrong way.
Women’s hands are nimble and can sew and knit.
You can’t shoot your gun without gunpowder.
You give nothing, and you will get nothing.
You know your problems better than anyone, so take your own advice more seriously than that of the experts.
You may do anything you want in your house, but I am king in my house.
You will quickly talk and become like the person to whom you are talking.
Your relatives probably look better when smiling in photographs than when chatting with them.

Afghanistani Proverbs for playing the Aphor Game

02 Wednesday Feb 2022

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A bird only flies as high as the air will support him.
A cloud that thunders in the mountains does not rain in the valleys.
A community grows because its members want it to grow.
A dog doesn’t contaminate a river by swimming in it.
A donkey’s only friends are his kicking legs.
A drunken donkey will not remember the monkey who bit him.
A fish with teeth cooks as well as those with gums.
A flower has an attractive face for bees to gather pollen, and nowadays, they are designed for human pleasure.
A fox is not worth eating, but he is killed for his fur coat.
A friend supports their friend when they are in distress.
A frog hopped onto a high wall and croaked he could see Heaven.
A good woman is needed to bring a man up to his maturity.
A lame crab doesn’t walk sideways.
A leopard’s spots will grow out naturally like his claws and teeth.
A liar must make new lies to fit his current needs.
A man will not find peace by saying the word peace but by being peaceful.
A mother porcupine loves its silky babies.
A mountain stays put and doesn’t go visiting other mountains.
A new employee can do two men’s work for a day.
A nursing mother doesn’t give milk to her baby until it cries.
A palm tree needs straight sun to bear ripe fruit.
A preacher points the most promising direction, but you must do the walking.
A puddle of water to us is an ocean to an ant.
A relaxed meal for a hungry worker is heavenly.
A river is made drop by drop, as is the ocean.
A river won’t get riled up by a dog’s barking at it.
A rose shorn of its thorns soon wilts.
A roving eye is the signal of a lonely heart.
A sandal is not a shoe, a cap is not a turban, and a man is not a hero.
A sane enemy is less dangerous than an insane friend.
A sparrow is not a nightingale, and a duck will not stop shedding water.
A spring shower doesn’t bring spring; that’s the sun’s job.
A sword wound heals, but sharp comments wound forever.
A tree doesn’t move unless there’s wind or an earthquake.
A truck that tips while loading won’t make a successful trip.
A whack with a stick will help a fool learn; a hint will do for the wise.
A wolf’s pup will become a wolf the day he challenges it for control.
A wounded hand will recover, but a wounded heart is dying.
All twenty digits of your hands and feet are different.
Allah supports you in your lethargy and your good works.
An old friend is quick to reestablish meaningful conversation.
As long as beards exist to demonstrate masculinity, there will be confrontations.
At the rock concert, he saved his ears but lost his sanity.
Avoid walking in muddy water where you can’t see what you are doing.
Bad things can be quick or slow, and good things can be quick or slow.
Bad things conceal their flaws, but good things reveal their beauties.
Be attentive to roaring sounds when near a stream with a rocky shore like its flood level.
Be patient with your enemies and careful of your friends.
Being clean in the body is halfway to being pure in the spirit.
Between brothers, you should keep monetary affairs square.
Bloody conflicts demand meaningful compensations, so find them and agree to them.
Blooming where you were planted is more likely than in an alien landscape.
Cats catch mice to please themselves and their evolutionary history.
Character and other qualities are developing by puberty.
Cheap things of a category require more repairs.
Crows are clever, but they look carefully at what they eat.
Debt changes friends to problems, and former friends become enemies.
Do your business exactly, but give liberally.
Don’t be a thief, and you won’t need to fear the king’s justice.
Don’t expect your donkey to improve his performance by reading Scripture into his ear.
Don’t move into a neighborhood where there is a high turnover.
Don’t publicly side with your friends when they are wrong.
Don’t put your hand in animal burrows as an animal will bite you.
Don’t sprinkle salt on my wound; I’m suffering enough already.
Don’t take off your shoes until you are near the water.
Don’t untie knots with your teeth.
Even a jewel-encrusted gold knife isn’t for hurting yourself.
Even a trapped worm will turn and fight.
Every combat unit needs a self-motivated leader to succeed.
Every dog defends his home.
Every hand should do those tasks it is skilled at doing.
Every living thing has evolved defenses to avoid being abused.
Every merchant deceives as much as he can.
Every mountain has a path.
Every night precedes the dawn.
Every rock lies ready to stub the toes of the shoeless poor.
Every tree sways when the wind blows on it.
Everyone believes their ideas are best.
Everyone’s home is a beautiful Kashmir.
Fear the person who doesn’t trust and respect God’s reality.
Fear the worst and make preparations for its arrival.
Flourish like a fresh flower, but for a hundred years.
For creative problem solving, about five dissimilar people are most productive.
For many tasks, there are little secrets that make a big difference.
Free vinegar is more desirable than the best honey.
Give everyone support for their coping.
God exists at the tail end of a man’s struggle.
Grumbling and carping are the only options for the helpless.
Having survived some nasty events helps us appreciate ordinary times.
He is so engaged with his work he doesn’t flick the fly walking on his forehead.
He measures his success by the work he heaps on his employees.
He ran out from under the annoying leak in his roof and enjoyed the summer rain.
He who is headed to a blacksmith’s forge should wear old clothes.
He who realizes he can be killed by sugar should avoid cigarettes.
He’s a lion in his homeland, a fox when visiting another.
He’s gotten himself into serious trouble and become his enemy.
Hearing a reported event is never as believable as seeing it happen.
Her tee shirt fits closer than her skin.
Home is where my wife is cooking dinner tonight.
I’m practicing by talking to the door before going in to see the boss.
If dinner is bread and onions, put on a happy face and be content.
If our forest catches fire, all of our firewood will burn up, and we will be cold in the winter.
If you carefully look after your property and take notes, your neighbors can be friends.
If you don’t see God, notice the wonderful reality He made.
If you don’t succeed on your first try, try something else.
If you have dinner with us a second time, you will become one of us.
If you own camels, make your gates and doors high.
If you want to be accepted, dress and talk like the others.
If you want to know what happened, ask a child.
Instead of getting better, it got worse and worse. Prepare!
It is easy to find excuses for not worshiping God.
It is the sword and not the bomb that protects Islam.
It may smell and look like a melon, but it will make you sick.
Less talk and more action will improve everyone’s performance.
Let every individual choose and practice their own religion.
Life is difficult here on Earth, and Heaven is still out of sight.
Losers are slow learners even while experiencing mistakes, but winners learn from observing others’ mistakes.
Man chooses to sin, and then claims the devil made him do it.
Many ordinary things of the world we must seek to find.
Measure people’s maturity by their way of coping with their misfortunes.
Mind your own business, and don’t touch a donkey that isn’t yours.
Money is just something to exchange for something you can use.
Most people live on idle hopes, but one with foresight lives on forethought and projects.
Mother nature will cure what doctors can’t, but often in ways, you won’t like.
My drum doesn’t play the songs I want to hear.
No one tells you his buttermilk is sour.
No thumb in the pie, no plum on the thumb.
One can ignore suffering except for hunger for food.
One studies and becomes a teacher; another becomes a post-doc.
One who calls himself a hero is a fool.
One who doesn’t like apples won’t value an apple orchard.
Only begin tasks where you can show some completed product at quitting time.
Our fingers and toes are brothers but are not equals.
Pause to appreciate the wonderful things of the world.
People who have found the right path never go astray.
Putting money in a fool’s pocket is like storing milk in a sieve.
Reality doesn’t need your help; it’s you that needs it.
Reality responds consistently, but you must move to get things done.
She heeded the troubadour under the window and burned my dinner.
Sloppy work done by uncaring workers looks poor and soon fails.
Snow on Kabul’s mountains is more valuable to life than gold.
Some ugly-looking mud has therapeutic properties.
Some wonder about their conceptions of God, others the clothing styles.
Someone must climb the palm tree to harvest the Medjools.
Start many projects but make them small enough to leave a completed thing at the end of every day.
Studying the scriptures generates Mullahs and devils.
That night I took shelter from the rain under a noisy drainpipe.
That which is obvious can not be explained to those who refuse to see.
The autumn’s harvest is forecast by the spring’s rain.
The best answer to a stupid question is silence.
The deaf laugh twice, at the commas and periods.
The depth makes no difference when the water is deeper than your nose, and you must swim or drown.
The doctor’s job is to get you where you’re going a little quicker.
The dog has evolved into a full-grown puppy of the wolf.
The greatest prudes are people who have what they feel are dirty secrets.
The important things, like gravity, treat us all fairly and predictably.
The lovely rose has a close friend that we relate to as a pain-inflicting thorn.
The man’s soul is a historical reflection of the world he lived through.
The night may be dark, but the low-hanging apples have been noted.
The past formed this moment we live within, but we influence the future we will inhabit.
The people do, and I do. That is, I take the tone of the company I am with.
The sieve says to the strainer and colander; you’re so coarse.
The sky is dark and stormy, but it sends us plenty of clean water.
The sun can be covered with a finger across in front of your eyes.
The tradesman always keeps and uses his mistakes, like the potters drinking from a misshapen jug.
The whole world is the traveler’s playground.
The wood is burnt for warmth, but you must deal with the ashes.
There are many easy tasks where handling one at a time is the only way to success.
There are open arms that expose two hearts.
There are ways to every heart, and love will find one of them.
There will always be plenty of fools to do the dirty work for pennies.
There’s a path to the top of every Afghan mountain.
Those who claim that clothes do not make the man haven’t done the experiments.
To be vigorous, you need to eat, drink, and move, not gorge and flop.
To speak ill of anyone is to condemn yourself.
Too much of anything implies excess, and all excess is bad.
Watch the sun’s shadow move, and realize the passage of your time.
Water evaporates from the oceans to form clouds, then rain, streams, rivers, and oceans.
We are all just doing our jobs, and there is no need to be proud.
We experience perfume for its emotional provocations.
We like to believe a person gets their just deserts.
We must always protect ourselves now, and eating can wait for a while as it energizes our future.
We should inform hens that when they get fat, they stop laying eggs, and we eat them instead of their eggs.
Wealth is had by those who use it, not those who possess it.
What comes from a trumpet except for breath, buzzing lips, and patriotic emotions?
What exists in you is how you responded to the world you encountered.
What God wants is already in the world.
What I wanted didn’t happen, and God’s will manifest in nature prevailed.
What the people I am with do, I automatically learn to do.
What will his dog eat if his owner uses the bones for soup?
When a mother and daughter argued, the fool laughed at them.
When a tiger kills an antelope, a jackal gets the leftovers.
When big trouble comes to a community, it hurts everyone.
When committing a crime, you might as well do a big one.
When we see other people’s problems, we will stick with our own.
When wine is free, even the judges have a party.
When with others, bring your whole self into the conversation.
When you are enjoying loving your neighbor, it’s not a virtue.
When you give anything, do it with graciousness as a completed cycle.
Where the heart has a will, the feet find a way.
Where the heart wants to go, it drags the feet along.
Where there is the discipline of good laws fairly enforced, there is social order.
Who eats bread without first washing his hands is committing a dirty sin.
Without guidance, a boy grows into a confused man.
Without the tap of a green switch, neither a cow nor a donkey will obey.
You are halfway to Heaven with a clean body, but how will you cleanse your soul?
You can beat a horse’s speed out of a donkey.
You can win any race if you have magic slippers.
You can’t escape some parts of your destiny, nor share it with a friend.
You can’t get excellent quality of people who need external motivations.
You must resolve blood feuds quickly with verbal agreements of acceptable compensations.
You stored your milk in a strainer screen, and now you are out of luck.
Your best weapon is your good sense, and it’s the one that keeps you out of trouble.
Your debilitating weaknesses are hidden on your back.
Your hopes are in Heaven, but your brains are in your ass.

Iraqi Proverbs for playing the Aphor Game

01 Tuesday Feb 2022

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A blind man would sacrifice a thousand seeing eyes for one good one.
A fool may act without potential improvement.
A fool may have anger without cause.
A fool may inquire and depart without an answer.
A fool may mistake a foe for a friend.
A fool may speak without benefit to anyone.
A fool may trust an unverifiable statement.
A house without foundations or walls can’t have a stable roof.
A mistake that is known is more useful than an unsuspected truth.
A mumbled secret is given to a dove to carry to every ear on earth.
A new variety of apples begins with a single seed.
A non-swimmer will grab at a snake for support.
A paradise without people would lack contentment for a being with our qualities.
A pebble can support the weight of a full barrel with the proper setup.
A perfect woman only exists in my reality.
A proof lasts until it is disproved, but a disproof lasts forever.
A smartphone is now a more fruitful garden than a library of books.
A swimming man isn’t disturbed by the rain.
A tree becomes diseased because of the wounds caused by its worms.
A two-faced statement is a lie, but a three-sided idea is a fantastic joke.
A wise man can forgive instead of stew in revenge.
After a test, you are either honored or disgraced.
After that terrible event, God is your only pardon and protection.
All authors expose themselves to critics with every word they write.
An arrogance that is born of wisdom shrivels the soul.
Arrogance is a weed that grows in a field of pride.
As long I exist, and there are Medjool dates, I will keep eating them.
Avoid being exposed to liars, but keep thinking about testable realities if you can’t get away!
Avoid doing anything that will require an apology.
Avoid mistakes, and you never need to apologize.
Be like a fish in water, and thrive in your self-chosen environment.
Be very wary of a calm, levelheaded person who is angry.
Be wary of known enemies and very wary of unknown ones.
Be wary of those you have gifted and towards whom you now feel especially friendly.
Before looking at some pretty bauble, consult your wallet and your future conscience.
Believe what you experienced, and be skeptical of TV news and other people’s gossip.
Blood relatives, even if they are distant, will defend you.
Create distance between yourself and every form of dirtiness.
Depend on God to help you only after you have exhausted your options.
Determination is easier to maintain when you keep the goal visible.
Distance and time gnaw away at intimacy.
Do ever I appear so small that you must treat me like a child?
Do not eat your daily bread at someone else’s table.
Do not set aside anything with a deadline until you have an acceptable draft you can touch up if needed.
Do whatever you do in such a way that you avoid any possible punishments.
Don’t buy shares of the Moon, or today’s NEWS, as they change every moment.
Don’t get so unhappy your eyebrow goes below your eye.
Don’t pay for the beans until you see the scale where they are being weighed.
Even if a friend is sweet as honey, take them a little at a time.
Every day is unique; it’s like living in a different country.
Every rooster crows louder from his private perch.
Every sunrise has its sunset.
Experimentation with proofs and disproofs is the soul of science.
For some people, life deals them ten bad things for every good one.
Forgetting is a plague of knowledge, and mental fatigue is the corrosion of wisdom.
Give your friends your money and blood, but only as gifts.
Go beat your head on a wall; it’s your choice what you do, not mine.
Good health goes unnoticed by everyone except the envious invalid.
Happiness is having something desired, and unhappiness envies a competitor who holds it.
He doesn’t own the house, but he makes so much noise the roof rattles.
He is so introspective he sees his soul seeing God.
He is such an accomplished thief he could steal your pimples.
He keeps his eyes happy on his dinner plate.
He let the honor for killing the snake he spotted go to his friend who killed it.
He makes a mountain out of a grain of sand.
He was so thirsty he ate the faucet.
He who can’t manage his affairs and grow wheat must eat barley.
He who digs a pit for his brother will never get out of it.
He who has glass windows shouldn’t throw stones.
He who is watching the club hit the thief doesn’t know why he took the goat.
He who sees heavy calamities fall on others discovers his problems are light.
He who strives for a high honor must work into the night.
Her first choice of a husband rejected her, she was slow to accept her second choice, and he moved on.
His eyes are glued to what he can’t have.
His eyes are popping up to the top of his head.
His hand is getting more beef while his fingers are wiping tears from his eyes.
His speaking was of precious silver, but his pauses were golden.
His theft sticks out like a box hidden under a tee shirt.
I could not guide the big bull, and the crooked furrow resulted.
I must remember to ask the experienced person’s advice rather than listen to the loudest mouth.
I occasionally curse my child, but I hate everyone who says amen.
If you are charitable, you are gathering riches.
If you are forced into a bad choice, choose the lesser of the two evils.
If you are one pound overweight, eat less and sleep more.
If you are out at night, you can hear people screaming.
If you cannot reward a good deed, give a hearty thank you.
If you conduct yourself properly, you do not need to fear anyone.
If you hold any opinion, grant that option to others.
If you want a rabbit, take a rabbit, but you are better off taking a rabbit if you want a deer.
In a faraway place in a long-gone time, a boy woke up one morning to discover a dog sleeping at the foot of his bed.
In the military, one hand builds, and the other one destroys.
It fell apart and then looked like this.
It is quicker to fix and make do than wait to have money to buy a new thing.
It looks good, but it’s not a lion’s fur coat.
Keeping a secret is an onerous duty.
Lack of easily obtained facts is pitiful poverty.
Laugh, and the whole world is happy, cry, and you suffer alone.
Laughing without reason is rude and tags you as crazy.
Let your eyes welcome a guest with unconditional hospitality.
Lying is a disease that ruins your life, and the simple truth is the cure.
My heart is beating hard for your recovery.
No man can be more skillful than a silkworm.
On the tightrope of life, a sense of humor gives us a balancing pole.
One night of anarchy destroys more than decades of poor government.
People are critical of other people’s flaws but see their own as beauty marks.
People are happy with their brains, okay with their health, enthusiastic with their wisdom, but unhappy with their wealth.
People find good excuses for their faults and say it was their job for the major faults.
People get what they wish for often enough to create a bad habit.
Physical actions become a part of reality, but words need humans to make them into something real.
Planning for the future provides the impetus for working to make it happen.
Please tell me who your friends are, and I’ll tell you who you are and are not.
Practice being patient by observing yourself being patient while doing timed things like filling a glass with tap water.
Raise an idea, and worry over the little problems will kill the enthusiasm for its completion.
Rats, locusts, and Kurds are the plagues of Iraq.
Send a wise man of action to do the job but don’t advise him on how to get it done.
“Shame on you!” are words I hope never to hear or utter.
She wanted to put eyeliner under her eye but put it in her eye and can’t see now.
Silence is approval, and so the rioters get their crazy way approved.
Some things are impossible for many reasons, so change your goal.
Sometimes you must sacrifice your beard to save your head.
Speaking the truth is not like seeing the event.
Stealing other people’s property brings poverty to the victim and the thief.
Stupid people cause more problems than they cure.
The absent suspect will have a good excuse.
The best answer will come from the calmest person in the crowd.
The crowing rooster dies, protecting his dunghill.
The envious were self-generated to be examples of unjustified suffering.
The final result of a good deed will sound like a sarcastic rebuke.
The foolish people let wildfires eat their firewood.
The greedy man dies with his eyes looking at what he can’t have.
The house of a tyrant is a wreckage of demolished objects.
The key to everything is the determination to finish projects.
The light of day will ignore all the promises made last night.
The limits of experimentation haven’t been reached yet.
The nation creates a worthy goal before the bravery of the soldiers can become manifest in brave actions.
The poor, hungry people proceed from passive and silent to dead.
The result of timidity is waiting longer in lines and indifferent service.
The reward for patience and silence is contentment.
The rope of lies is long in the mouth and short around the neck.
The shoemaker is barefoot, the weaver is naked, what will become of the gravedigger?
The wiser you are, the less you speak and vice versa.
There is a need for repairs in hasty actions, but the patient workman never needs to redo.
There is never a crowd banging at the gates of patience.
There’s always tomorrow for humanity, but not for you.
Think of going out of a confined space before you enter and climbing down a tree before you climb.
To get anything you want to be done that is under your control, you must do it yourself.
Tomorrow is another day, and so is every other day.
Tomorrow is never more than twenty-four hours away.
Trust in Allah and God, but keep a tight leash on your camel.
We are confused about where to kiss a bald man.
We can always blame an unusual new problem on the sleeping cat.
We must protect our provisions for tomorrow until tomorrow.
Wealth crawls in like a turtle and bounds away like a gazelle.
When an unpleasant wind blows through your door, close it!
When going to bed, make sure the covers are adequate.
When the wind blows, use it to good advantage.
When we must find a new way to accomplish something, we must think.
When you can’t change something, it’s like beating cold iron.
Willful ignorance is a self-destructive habit.
With a reprobate, you either treat him gently or break his skull.
With fools, whatever is forbidden is what they seek.
Years later, it’s the same bowl and soup in the same community.
You exit the toilet more relaxed and confident than when you entered.
You must use foresight to benefit from your opportunities.
Your enemies won’t believe a gift, and your friends won’t expect it.

Covid Logarithmic chart 2022-01-31

31 Monday Jan 2022

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Notice the steep upslope of the World Case line (TOP THICK BLUE LNE). That is the steepest slope since the spring of 2020 and it is due to the high transmissibility of Omicron. Here in the United States, where about 30% of people are less than fully vaccinated, that means the disease has plenty of opportunities to spread. Most of the deaths have been among those people who have refused to get vaccinated. Freedom of choice here in this country has its problems because people are prone to make mistakes when there is lots of fake media. It is not illegal to spread lies in this country, which in this case has led to nearly a million deaths. The media companies discovered they get more viewership if they publish scary stories. They claim they are only giving people what they want to see. Who could complain about being able to see what they want to see? … Even if it is actually killing them.

Ukrainian Proverbs for playing the Aphor Game

30 Sunday Jan 2022

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A beautiful woman is also warm under a down blanket in winter.
A big fire starts with a tiny spark.
A crow will never be a falcon, nor would want a falcon’s problems.
A dream’s pleasure lasts longer than honey’s few seconds.
A drunk abandons all good sense, including fear.
A friendly fool causes more problems than a sane enemy.
A friendly word lasts longer than a chocolate cake.
A glass of wine after dinner steals a dime from your doctor.
A hungry wolf will eat a fat dog.
A lame man will laugh at a blind one.
A mad cow frightens an entire herd.
A man seeks a healthy wife, and his brother a rich sister-in-law.
A shot of good vodka blooms up in you with the warmth of a summer sunrise.
A spoken word is like a wild bird set free to roam the world.
A spoonful of tar ruins a barrel of honey.
A woman is not a harmonica to be set aside when you tire of her tunes.
All our thoughts are redirected to the trumpet’s call when our flag is unfurled.
An only son bets your name’s legacy on a risky singularity.
Appreciate the time you spent reading this, as it is gone forever.
Avoid evil people who wish trouble for others, even evil others.
Beget a procreative son, and your name will live longer.
Better to die in battle than to be scorned for life as a coward.
Black souls hide within impressive clothes.
Borrowed bread carries obligations.
Cooks never die of starvation.
Courage comes forth when a needed task needs doing.
Deficiencies come by the kilo and go by the micro.
Every advantage for you is a disadvantage for another person.
Fearing death takes the joy away from living fully.
Flies fly away from a frying pan.
Fools avoid wise men, and drunks dodge sober ones.
God is always watching you, regardless of whether you are watching for Him.
God watches out for those who come to Him.
Good and bad luck are balanced between winners and losers.
He is guilty who was not at home with his family.
He moves his mouth like a fish but never says anything.
He who laughs at you will also cry with you.
He who licks knives will cut his tongue.
He’s a squeezed lemon, and his life’s juice is now lemonade.
He’s a white crow that common crows reject.
How many waited forever for perfect weather that never came.
If the devil is powerless, send a woman to help him.
If you are chasing a field of rabbits, watch for one with a limp.
If you marry a woman under eighty, make sure to scare your friends.
Indifference will find a way if interest arises.
Keep fire away from straw, if you don’t want it to burn.
Lemons are delicious when you dilute them with sugar and water.
Life is complicated, and there are libraries of documented proofs.
Live in one century and study as many others as deeply as possible.
Love tells us things we know aren’t true but choose to believe.
Love will find a way but will charge you a barely endurable toll.
Love your neighbor but leave the fence in place.
Love your relations well and provide examples of good behavior.
No man can be punished for thinking, but he can be for saying what he thinks.
No man can live without honor.
No matter how hard you try, a bull will not give milk.
No wind is too cold for hot love.
Numerous fleas make healthy dogs skinny.
Our place in the universe is a drop in the ocean, but it’s our drop.
People seek help after suffering enough calamities and woe.
She’s got him under her heel when he’s not at work.
Speak highly of the rivers and lakes, but avoid invisible crocodiles.
Speak of wolves, and they will be seen lurking in every shadow.
That couple is like a pair of shoes.
The devil hides in a frock behind a cross.
The devil takes back what he freely gave and with interest.
The grassy earth will cover a doctor’s mistakes.
The path into a church is slippery like ice.
The river doesn’t flow under the big stones but around them.
The tavern is a long walk, but I will be careful.
The word “enough” is inadequate for describing alcohol, fire, and women.
There are current friendships in business but few old ones.
There is an infinity of lies but few truths.
Those in high places can spit unnoticed on those below.
To do a good job, we need appropriate time.
To have some fun, we need an hour.
Two drops of water are impossible to tell apart without time and space.
We are warned not to buy various things in sacks, like pigs and cats.
We dot our “i” to show that it’s not an “l”.
We guard our wives and children as carefully as we do our eyes.
We made a fine mess of that porridge.
We must submit to fixed fate, but it is dishonorable to submit to an arbitrary one.
We play with fire to teach us not to play with guns.
When traveling to visit a friend, a long road is not too long.
When you join a great enterprise, your soul fills with noble grandeur.
Wisdom is in the head with experience and forethought, not with a stuffy beard.
With friendly reminiscing, you get more information than with a threat.
You expand your knowledge by facing reality and changing your habits, so you are around knowledgeable people.
You see the world better if you talk to others about what they are seeing.
You will feel responsible for your father’s and brother’s deaths if you don’t stand against evil situations.
Your head is to be used for getting you through life better.

Sudanese Proverbs for playing the Aphor Game

29 Saturday Jan 2022

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A baby doesn’t teach its mother how to breastfeed.
A brother’s wisdom isn’t noticed.
A child in a village is everyone’s child.
A crocodile doesn’t cry when he falls into the water.
A day we didn’t laugh is a wasted day.
A donkey that falls down when overloaded leaves your stuff on a lonely road.
A drunken man is at the mercy of the sober men watching him.
A fool and water go the ways they are directed.
A fool can not find drinking water in the Nile.
A friend helping you when you’re sick is a true friend.
A hunter has the first choice of the flesh, but even the dogs get a share.
A locust in your bag is better than a skyful out of reach.
A man, like a river, grows because of his past.
A mother dog only carries one puppy at a time in her mouth.
A naked man will laugh at others wearing shabby clothes.
A parent’s anger is like God’s anger for a child.
A starving person can’t be given unlimited food, or they will burst.
A stranger doesn’t share his money.
A termite eats wood, not stones.
A thorn waits patiently for an impatient foot.
A tick can tickle an elephant’s ear.
A tiny sprout will grow into a tree if given a chance.
A true gift requires no return gift.
A woman is like a single hair that gets in your eye.
A woman will make a man miserable who attempts to walk her on a leash.
Advice to a fool is as painful as lashing.
After a courteous greeting, formalities are dropped between friends.
An old ape will refuse to dance.
Appearance and behavior are signs of what’s inside.
As I inspected the product and its price, it fell out of my sight.
Avoid the pent-up anger of a tolerant man.
Babies come when they come, developing in their own time and ways.
Beauty is capital that must be invested early.
Become accustomed to hardship, for hard times will come.
Better to eat vegetables with love than beef with anger.
Beware of evil coming from one whom you have treated well.
Cats forced the rat to dig a hole in the ground for its safety.
Cows are born with ears, but they do grow horns.
Do not hate the river where you fish.
Do not talk publicly about things in which you feel pride.
Do not throw away your stored water because it’s starting to rain.
Do you have a dog to bark at you, or shall I?
Don’t cough when you are hiding.
Eat dinner as brothers, but settle your affairs as merchants.
Ebb tidal flow doesn’t follow the current ebb, but the coming flood.
Eggs and cans shouldn’t be put in the same bag.
Empty stomachs listen for the call to breakfast.
Enter houses through their doors or get shot as a thief.
Even if a log lies with the crocodiles, it doesn’t become one.
Even the sharpest ear can’t hear an ant sing.
Even your dog would prefer to sit at the table than beg from the floor.
Feed your son with plenty of food, and be an enthusiastic example of integrity.
Follow a secure road of simple actions even if it is winding.
Follow the advice that makes you cry, and enjoy the happy times as gifts.
For the coming rainy season, thatch your roof now.
Good, well-kept clothes attract well-kept people.
Having something is better than having nothing.
He did not advise you when making a blunder betrayed your trust in him.
He found a lover and forgot us, his old friends.
He who eavesdrops on things that don’t concern him will hear things that don’t please him.
He who grows up with a tree grows old with it.
He who has not developed morality will never feel ashamed.
He who has nothing can not help others with something.
He who is not working when the sun rises will have to work when he is old.
He who is watching swimmers feels he could improve their performance.
He who says I don’t know is giving a value judgment.
He who taught me how to read and write enslaved me to getting knowledge.
He who tells you about others’ faults will tell others about yours.
He who treads a pond slowly will find settled water to scoop up.
He who wades in a river must not fear getting wet.
He whose job is mixing poison shouldn’t lick his fingers.
He whose mother is naked will not clothe his aunt first.
Hold on to life, my hungry donkey, until the grass grows.
Hot water is not a place for the frogs of the forest.
Hyenas recognize their friend’s yelps.
I forgive you if you do something bad to me, but you have set a bad habit for yourself that will punish you.
I say it’s a bull, but he thinks it will give milk.
If a dog bites you and you don’t fight back, he will think you a coward.
If a naked man promises to sell you some silk, be wary.
If evil is outside, shut the door and barricade it.
If his urine is drinkable in the dry desert, he will not share it.
If I might find the answer in fire, I will add wood.
If life is too stressful, curl up and sleep for a while.
If our feet are separated from the soil, we will not live in peace.
If telling the truth won’t help, lying will worsen the outcome.
If two people agree that you have lost your head, feel it to verify.
If you are wearing shoes, you can walk through thorns.
If you believe you are too small to change people’s behavior, try sleeping with a mosquito.
If you can walk and talk, you can dance and sing.
If your dog depends on you for food, it will obey you.
It is an evil fool who rejoices at his neighbors’ troubles.
It is rain clouds that give gifts to the people of the earth below.
It is sad when an elephant dies, and we lose its excellent work, but the whole village eats for a week.
Joy and sorrow fall on everyone.
Learning acquired at a young age is sculpted in stone.
Let your son choose his wife, but choose a reliable husband for your daughter.
Literacy does not cure stupidity, but it opens the door to the possibility of wisdom.
Live to become the oldest person ever, but with a completed life every moment.
Love for anything makes a man blind and deaf to everything.
Lying cuts the potential of a long life short.
Make your words fit your actions, and your actions fit your words.
Many trees in the forest will not even make good firewood.
Men are of their tribes and women of their household.
Misfortunes have taken their children and are at our door.
Mockery is to be shouted at our assembled enemies to make them weak.
My brother and I are against our cousin, but we all combine against aliens.
Never refuse to give your enemy water, and make him your friend.
Often it is the guards that are the greatest thieves.
Only speak of the good things of your past relatives.
Only the rich complain when it rains because they won’t go hungry with a poor harvest.
People’s slander will not divert a virtuous man’s actions.
Punish a child that lies, and demonstrate telling the truth.
Rain brings a good harvest and peace, but drought brings a poor harvest and conflict.
Relatives are like a dense forest, with strange things in the trees.
Repetition without understanding is the punishment of fools.
Respect the one with much experience of the sun’s moods.
Return trust to those who trust you, and never betray anyone, even those who betray you.
Run your life as if you know who will eventually catch you.
Seek the neighbor before buying the house.
She holds her husband as closely as her wedding ring.
Teach them how to live, rather than bequeath the power to live without working.
Thank your friends for short and meaningful visits.
That which promotes the cultivation of the ground is the stomach.
The bounty of the well is discovered when it is dry.
The cleverness of a single person fails without their community’s support.
The hand suffers cuts and bruises so the mouth can eat.
The heart sees the good before the eye notices the outside appearances.
The mother of boys has peace of mind for company.
The mother-in-law is always finding faults.
The ornate chair does not make a man a king.
The orphan does not need instruction on how to cry.
The poor are excused from not washing with soap.
The river retains memories of all its origins.
The sandal tree perfumes even the ax that kills it.
The water pot doesn’t go down into the water intentionally nor get carried to our home.
The wet water bag cools the water within.
There is much communication in the silence between words.
Truth brings clarity to our vision of the world.
Two arguing men in a burning house must pause to fight the real fire.
Walking is godly, and hurrying is devilish.
We taught them how to beg, and now they have our places at the city gates.
What you learned from your father sticks to you.
When a tree is falling, it takes its neighbor’s branches with it.
When Allah made Sudan, he laughed and cried.
When the fruit is too ripe for eating, it falls to the ground.
When the herders quarrel, even camels go thirsty.
When you live with Arabs, you do as they do or move away.
When you pray for rain, you are also praying for mud.
Whoever has too much money puts it on their butt.
Whoever is praised in the presence of others has been offended.
Whoever seeks honor is not worthy of it, as honor comes from deeds beyond the call of duty.
Worries about our girls last until our death.
You can’t lead a camel by pushing it.
You can’t only feed your donkey the day you need to ride it.
You cannot know the depth of the water until you have tested it.
You never get out yourself when you dig a hole for evil to fall into.
You will have rats, so make friends with one, to chase the others away.
Your origins are exposed in your behavior.

Algerian Proverbs for playing the Aphor Game

28 Friday Jan 2022

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A believer submits to Allah and can’t be spiteful of people.
A bit for this life and a bit for the afterlife saves us.
A friend is one with whom we share one another’s joys and sorrows.
A reasonable enemy respects our needs and powers, but a foolish friend doesn’t appreciate either.
A secret for two is soon gossip for everyone.
Anyone who talks too much causes harm.
As no one said NO, he did all the naughty things.
As the jackal said, life would be perfect if we skipped summer and winter and kept spring and autumn.
Beauty has an emotional component and a social one, too.
Big rivers are social boundaries, and noisy creeks aren’t.
Do bad things and be remembered, do good things and be forgotten.
Do what you must do, and do it promptly.
Even brief events require planning and preparations.
Friendship with our enemies is based on mutual needs.
Gathering into a union with others multiplies your strength.
Give my son your daughter, but with dowry enough to feed her.
Greedy people can never have enough to be happy.
He loved dates when he lived, so we put a bunch in his casket.
He stole, and I saw him do it, but he swore it was his, and I believed him.
He stole, I saw him, he swore, I believed him.
He who got it now has it, and he who didn’t get it now regrets it.
He who has lost his mother must live forever in the arms of misery.
He who has no children faces the void, and he who does have children is filled with fear of their sterility.
He who lost the strut of a partridge now wattles like an old hen.
I don’t fear the ox and his horns, but his owners and their guns.
I don’t like my brother, but I will attack anyone who attacks him.
I have a father, but he’s now watching from heaven.
I have done an excellent job, but I got paid in mud.
I invited him to dinner, and he ate everything in the house.
I know the guy well, and when I met his father, I said he was just like him.
I leaned on my friend, and he fell on me.
Insults are only air and spittle water.
Kiss your dog until he kisses you in return, and it becomes love.
Let’s wait for the Moon to rise this month before calling it a crescent moon.
March Sun blackens the bone.
Never be absolutely dependent on anything you don’t own.
No tattoos come without some pain and expense.
Oh, yes! The wheat we eat comes courtesy of the Sun.
Once we have anything inside our house, we take it for granted.
One hand can’t applaud unless you slap your face.
Only an ass denies his humble origins.
Only the victim feels the pain and can show the scars.
Patience is the quiet path to paradise.
Peace wins more contentment than wealth and a big house.
People see their weaknesses in other people but not in themselves.
People who see only your flaws might do you harm in an effort to correct your failings.
Silence plus observation is one means of acquiring knowledge,
Some people needlessly disturb others but refuse to be bothered by those same people.
Speak in a friendly way or shut up.
The absent person is always accused but always has an alibi.
The amiable tongue has all the world as its friend.
The crow wanted to walk like a pigeon, but it was a poor imitation.
The donkey said he only wanted to rest his lips on the barley.
The hand which is intentionally giving becomes a friend to the other.
The intelligent person calmly understands, but the dumb one is amazed.
The lioness gives milk to the soft tongues of her cubs.
The mallet is hidden under the bride’s fancy clothes.
The man who acknowledges his fears will seek salvation.
The March Sun blackens us from the skin to the bone.
The mouth claims more than the body can deliver, and both suffer.
The nearsighted person to an Algerian is called blue-eyed.
The one who has praised you as my bride is my mother’s shadow in my aunt’s body.
The one who isn’t made of straw doesn’t dread fires.
The only thing left where Metropolis once stood are jumbled stones.
The physical wound heals, but the wounding word lives forever.
The plain truth that hurts helps people more than luscious lies that lead them into poverty.
The world is like a house where you come in the front door to the potential for a wonderful life and out the back door to certain death.
There are temporary friends to enjoy, but the only true friend is your cultivated character.
They brag that they can build a beautiful home, and their poverty is no impediment.
They fall asleep after taking an oath to support one another.
They say to do the impossible, trust no one, and betray no one.
They say: follow the crying prophet, not the laughing one.
To associate oneself with any cause is dangerous.
Walls have ears, and money has electronic links to greedy people.
We must take the experience of everyone involved into account.
We taught them to pray, and they ran to the Mosque.
What is in the bottom of the pot is waiting for you to scoop it up.
What you are chewing on is my uncle’s discarded bubblegum.
When I hear of people’s miseries, I endure mine with grace.
When snow falls in the mountains, it’s cold in the valleys.
Who chases after two rabbits will lose both of them.
Who has no father must accept greater dependence on his mother.
You can cover the Sun with a sieve, but it shines through.
Your eyes and thoughts are the best judges of things.

Argentine Proverbs for playing the Aphor Game

27 Thursday Jan 2022

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– Inspirational Stories – Proverbicals – Proverbs & co – Special Dictionary – World Proverbs

A dog that barks too much we soon ignore.
A friend who belittles your interests isn’t a friend.
A good friend supports you in what you are doing.
A learned man has studied many things deeply.
A man who has developed his character has a second being.
A woman is shape-shifting like your shadow, and when you follow her, she moves quickly away, but when you turn, she follows.
An abundance of worldly goods breeds arrogance.
Big modern ships can handle large storms, but every sensible captain gets out of port and runs away from hurricanes.
Children’s love flows out of them like water from a basket.
Clear monetary accounts and thick hot chocolate make life sweet.
Dress a fool in silk, and he still acts like a monkey.
He who loves you will occasionally make you weep for joy.
Heaven isn’t yours if you sit idle and look at her from afar.
If you have a straw tail that burns quickly, stay away from fires.
If you praise yourself too much, you will never finish a job.
It takes two to tango and eight to square dance.
It would be best never to cut a tree down to get the fruit.
It’s not the expensive coat that makes a gentleman, but it helps set the tone.
It’s not the heat alone that makes us uncomfortable, but the oppression of the high humidity.
Never be depressed or deterred by one door closing, as there are millions of doors of opportunity in this world.
No woman can make a wise man out of a fool, but every woman can change a wise man into a fool.
The person who can learn from his own experience and observe others can survive where the nonobservant don’t.
The tongue that resides in a false friend cuts quickly and deep.
The transgressions of a man scratching a pig’s back and not the joyful squealing of the pig are to be questioned.
The voice of the shouting people is the voice of the gods.
Three daughters and a mother are four wailing banshees for a father.
Two in harmony are living in god’s country.
What is intensely desired is not entirely accepted as perfect when it finally arrives.
When a man pays attention to a conversation, he wants to participate.
You should verify the source of every assertion of truth coming from a known liar.

Ugandan Proverbs for playing the Aphor Game

26 Wednesday Jan 2022

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– 100 Soga (Uganda) Proverbs – Inspirational Stories – Motivation Africa – Proverbicals – Special Dictionary – World Proverbs

A bad man has good qualities he likes.
A beautiful rabbit may get converted into a handbag.
A beautiful strawberry blossom won’t improve your meal.
A bird that pecks at a rock knows the strength of its beak.
A bird with many fine feathers does not yield much meat.
A dirty place the chicken goes to eat transforms into the tasty chicken for you to eat.
A dog with a bone may growl, but he won’t bite.
A hunter in pursuit of big game doesn’t throw stones at birds.
A little thing delivered is preferable to a promised one next week.
A lucky eagle eats a mouse that has eaten some salt.
A man with experience needs little explanation.
A mother who lost a child waits a couple of years before giving later ones’ names.
A new moon creates positive feelings of health and vigor.
A river still carries traces of everywhere its tributaries have been.
A roaring lion isn’t hungry.
A rumormonger on a trifle will observe you for scandal.
A sheep doesn’t care if a goat’s kid dies.
A small gift strengthens friendships.
An ugly girl does not become old at home.
An ungrateful person receives few favors.
Beautiful people are like beautiful dogs, and they might become great hunters or thieves.
Beautiful things have their moment of existence, and that’s all anything can ever have.
Caution is not cowardice.
Do not belittle other people’s works.
Don’t ask for help from the gods until you have exhausted all your options.
Don’t let a foolish person make you look foolish.
Don’t put your load down if you have not reached your destination.
Even a frog can leap and fall short of his goal.
Even a king is humble when not in his kingdom.
Even the mightiest eagle comes down and rests in the night.
Even your dog can’t sleep as soundly in the marketplace as at home.
Every day with new news.
Fate is limited to those things that are inevitable.
He fears a wiggly line drawn in the sand, whom a snake has bitten recently.
He that gives you useful wisdom helps you for years to come.
He who carefully corrects his children is cared for later in life.
He who chases two rats won’t catch either one.
He who dies after a feast dies happy.
He who does not eat modestly gets fat and dies young.
He who eats well at a table despises at the starving.
He who goes picking is more reliable than one waiting for an opportunity to knock.
He who has firewood has his dinner assured.
He who is careless with little things will be careless with big ones.
He who loves during the daytime may hate you during the night.
He who loves his dog doesn’t throw bones away.
He who loves you will love you in the field covered in dirt.
He who moves purposefully will go far.
He who never sat with his grandparents knows little of his own past.
He who never travels thinks his mom’s the greatest cook.
He who says he will listen and obey, will be cooked and treated like a corn cob.
He who sends an elder to the store doesn’t worry.
He who tells no lies as a child will never recognize lies as an adult.
He who wants you dead will refuse you food and water.
If someone really wants something, they will find a way to get it.
If you climb up a tree, you must be able to climb back down.
If you must eat a dog to survive, eat a fat one.
If you see something good happen, you must make it into a memorable story.
In the homes of cowards, they laugh, while in the homes of heroes, they cry.
It is better to be straightforward in relationships than a hypocrite.
It is more comfortable to be married to an old lady than lonely.
It is the hunter who is not here who killed the buffalo.
It only takes a few sticks to make a stout bundle.
Life with enough is better than wealth without health.
Living humans find it hard to hide from civilization.
Many fat rats can’t squeeze through holes and are caught by cats.
My mother is the best mother ever, said her child.
Old men can sit in the shade of a tree they planted in their youth.
One can believe they have many friends while they are throwing parties.
One who brings forth a child has more long-term security than one who owns a cow.
One who goes purposefully can go much further than one who hurries.
One who is going to a familiar home doesn’t worry about the sunset.
One who works with both hands will always have dinner.
People that are buried in a nearby graveyard torment the living.
People that haven’t known you since your youth won’t value you or your problems.
People who live together will have occasional quarrels.
Polygamy converts a good man into a snake with a double tongue.
Pretenders get away with murder.
Pride is the precursor to a fall.
Relations are like beer mugs that are bumped together but don’t break.
Rich people hang out with other rich people and talk about money.
Silence in the middle of heated action is a golden moment.
Soft, delicate hands please their owner.
Someone with a cough is less offensive than one with a horrible rash.
Someone you visit too often doesn’t value your company.
Successful people easily forget those who helped them succeed.
Teeth are made for chewing, and that’s just what good ones do.
The beautiful are like good banana leaves; they are never finished in their banana plantation.
The best part of happiness is in the heart of a lover.
The gossiping backbiters bring disputes among friends.
The landlord laughs at tenants and squatters.
The living are always in pursuit of something until they are dead.
The living never wish for their friends to succeed better than themselves.
The long safe road is usually the quickest.
The man with one wife is better cared for than any bachelor.
The more diligent the farmer, the better the crop.
The mother of a great man has no horns.
The mother’s breast cannot get leprosy.
The one who corrects your mistake gives you some permanent wisdom.
The one who loves your wife, you appreciate better when he’s dead.
The one who never leaves home praises his mother’s cooking.
The path to your deepest desires is never outgrown.
The peacemaker dies, while the fighters survive. (This contradicts live by the sword, die by the sword.)
The people who do not observe reality and flaunt reasonable activity will soon live in hell.
The poorest eat hopes and wishes and get thinner.
The teeth of an audience are silly because they laugh at the one who is making them into fools.
The tiger hunting a goat may be hunted by a human, who is hunted by a boa.
The one who burns more firewood carries more and has more ashes.
The woman who goes to the fields and cultivates with her husband is a prized possession.
Those who help each other are the happiest couples.
Time heals all scars except those of death.
To heal a broken-hearted old man, give him a girl to wed.
To kill an animal, don’t wait to see the tail.
Too much hurry spoils what it seeks to help.
Truth is often painful and speaks clearly, but most people prefer to hear pretty fables.
Water that is begged for doesn’t quench thirst.
What is inside the package is only known by the cat inside.
What is not prepared does not satisfy the visitor.
What yields fruit was once a flower.
What you do not have in your possession is not yours.
When a man is in trouble, he smokes, which eventually makes him sick and dead.
When a mother is gone, the kids go wild.
When the moon is absent, the stars are bright.
When the stone went to the bottom of the sea, he called it his new home.
When traveling, be like the red ant with its claws ready for combat.
When you visit your in-laws, they give you something.
Where a bull is being bred, there will be others grazing.
Where a tooth is pulled, a gap appears and needs filling.
Where flies are eaten, join in and eat them.
Where you are not the boss, you must dance in your chair.
Wisdom is accessible to those who work to get it.
With wealth, one wins a woman, but you must choose carefully.
Women are kinder than men, and if they see a whipping stick, they will throw it into the woods.
You can make a bad situation good by working to make it better.
You may judge a woman fairly by the quality of her soup
You only eat a little of what hasn’t been cooked by your mother.
You were ripped off in the market, but now you are fussing when you can do nothing.
Young or old, we must provide for ourselves to be independent and free.
Your closest friend knows you well enough to become your worst enemy.
Your closest friends and allies know your faults and weakness.

Probaway – Life Hacks

~ Many helpful hints on living your life more successfully.

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