SOC 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Proverb
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You can"t tell a book by its cover, . A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Do not insult the mother alligator until after you have crossed the river ; White hair is not a sign of wisdom, only age. It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life, - The nail that sticks up gets hammered down. He became an infidel hesitating between two mosques. Notwithstanding their heritage, some of these sayings seem to provide lessons that are universal; others are harder to understand unless we know more about the culture which gave rise to them. When a poor man gets to eat a chicken, one of them is sick. When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. If god were living on earth, people would break his windows.
