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Works & expressions

Works & expressions

1196 public objects
Proverb

An inch of a miss is as good as a mile.

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

Appearances are deceitful.

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

April and May are the keys of the year.

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

As the fool thinks, the bell tinks.

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

As the sow fills the draught sours.

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Poetry

At a Solemn Musick

The poem calls on Voice and Verse to present the unbroken song sung before the heavenly throne, recalls how sin jarred against nature's chime, and asks that earthly voices be brought back into tune with heaven.

Proverb

At Rome do as Rome does.

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Poetry

Auld Lang Syne

In Scots, old friends raise a cup to shared youth while acknowledging the weary years and roaring seas that have divided them.

Poetry

Bamboo Lodge

竹里馆

Alone I sit deep in the shaded bamboo, playing the zither and then whistling long. Deep in the wood no one knows of it— the bright moon comes and shines on me.

Poetry

Bards of Passion and of Mirth

Addressing dead poets who left their souls on earth, the poem imagines their other souls conversing among Elysian lawns, rose-scented daisies and a nightingale that sings divine truth, then turns back to the earthly works that still teach the living about sorrow, passion, glory and shame.

Proverb

Bare walls make giddy housewives.

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

Be bail and pay for it.

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Poetry

Bermudas

A boat rowing past the remote Bermudas is overheard singing praise to the God who led them there, stocked the island with oranges, pomegranates, figs and cedars, and framed a temple in the rocks, while the oars keep time to the song.

Proverb

Best to bend while it is a twig.

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

Better be unmannerly than troublesome.

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.