Time is the great healer
However great our grief or disappointment may be, in the course of time it will lessen. In this sense our 'wounds' heal with time.
Proverbs with the word Great
Little strokes fell great oaks
This proverb teaches patience and perseverance. Given enough time and determination to succeed, one could cut down even the largest of trees... Read more →
He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it
Don't be self-conscious. Don't be embarrassed if you have a big nose, or your ears stick out, or you need a hair-do, or you didn't clean your... Read more →
The greatest talkers are the least doers
Those who talks the most do less than anybody else. This proverb means much the same as Actions speak louder than words and Empty vessels make... Read more →
Great oaks from little acorn grow
Everything has to have a small beginning, so don’t be discouraged by your own 'smallness'. Here is an example of the way in which the proverb... Read more →
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 →
Respect is greater from a distance
A man who keeps himself apart from other people is more likely to be held in high esteem than one who lowers himself by mixing with every Tom,... Read more →
Death is the great leveller
There can be no such distinctions as wealth, poverty, greatness, humbleness among the dead. When dead we lose all our worldly attributes. In... Read more →