Word: proverbs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...enemy of my enemy is my friend," says an Arab proverb, and in the shifting sands of Middle Eastern politics, friends and enemies switch sides with dizzying speed. Latest quick-change act: Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser and Jordan's King Hussein are now billing themselves as friends...
...achievement, but the President pointed out that it is "an important first step-a step toward peace-a step toward reason-a step away from war." With what was, in the light of the cleavage within the Communist bloc, a nice touch of irony, he quoted an ancient Chinese proverb: "A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step...
...room, were all the instruments ready. There stood the "Spoils of War," the "Sur rogate Kithara," the "Harmonic Canons I and II," the "Chromelodeon" -and there stood Harry Partch, quietly examining the tolerant smiles that have confronted him all his life. "This re minds me of an old Chinese proverb " Partch told his 400 listeners. " 'I agree...
...tall, fair-skinned and blue-eyed. Of life they ask little more than flocks of broad-tailed sheep, a fine horse, a rifle with sufficient cartridge bandoleers, and a woman who can bear strong sons. For generations, the lowland Arab has been terrorized by the mountain Kurd. An Arab proverb says. "There are three plagues in the world: the rat. the locust and the Kurd." The Kurds reply. "A camel is not an animal, and an Arab is not a human being...
Money, says the proverb, makes money. -Adam Smith