A city that parleys is half gotten
A city willing to negotiate and come to an agreement is already halfway to being conquered. The proverb suggests that when two parties are... Read more →
Proverbs with the word City
A great city, a great solitude
Sometime “loneliness” is used instead of “solitude”. The saying comes to us from Greek. It means that in a large centre of... Read more →
If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city
This had a literal meaning in the days when householders got rid of their refuse by throwing it out into the street. A figurative meaning,... Read more →