Famous Proverbs
333 Proverbs about Dead / Page 30
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I rejoice that Kolomba's mother is dead.292.
The land is dead.293.
There is but one good mother-in-law and she is dead.294.
Every one has his place: the dead in the cemetery and the living at the table.295.
The dead add their strength and counsel to the living. The dead add their strength and counsel to the living.296.
Cattle die, kinsmen die, and so shall you die too. But one thing I know that never dies: the fame of a dead man's deeds.297.
Even the dead in their family vaults enjoy being in large company.298.
Like the migrating Maruiwi, who all disappeared into the world of spirits Dead like the moa.299.
Praise day at even, a wife when dead, a weapon when tried, a maid when married, ice when 'tis crossed, and ale when 'tis drunk.300.
Cattle die and kinsmen die, thyself too soon must die, but one thing never, I ween, will die, The doom on each one dead.