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Have a blessed weekend everyone!

#weekendvibes #proverbs

Ní mar a shíltear a bhítear.
- Things aren't always as they seem.
#Gaeilge #Seanfhocail
#Irish #Proverbs #Sayings

Illustration by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, from Proverbii verificati: per l'esperienza cotidiana (1718).

Source: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/8f93b009-d921-4551-91fd-ee4707a183e6

#scythes #proverbs #action #landscapes #movement #bookillustration #engraving #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, from Proverbii verificati: per l'esperienza cotidiana (1718).

Source: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/73a704c3-d56e-4944-b4ec-f7c89e2c4beb

#nature #proverbs #birds #tridents #mythology #bookillustration #engraving #art #publicdomain

They Have Flown (1797–9) by Francisco de Goya.

Source: Rijksmuseum

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/87e26813-3f88-409f-9f2c-4444ea452cc3

#satire #flying #societies #dreams #proverbs #spain #skirts #movement #aquatint #etching #art #publicdomain

15 awesome, endangered idioms almost no one says anymore, but should

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/15-endangered-idioms-ex1/

#poll Who said it better?

"All compounded things decay. Strive on, with diligence."
- Gautama Buddha

"Everything has an end, except the banana, which has two."
- Bambara proverb (Mali)

#philosophy #bananas #buddhism #quote #quotes #quotation #Mali #proverbs #askfedi

https://www.europesays.com/africa/446653/ ANCYL president Collen Malatji marries longtime partner Tsholofelo Sekete in Limpopo #ANC #ANCYL #CdeCollenMalatjie #Ekurhuleni #FikileMbalula #Limpopo #NationalCongress #proverbs #SouthAfrica #TafelkopBoleu #thlolo #tsholo #TsholofeloSekete #wedding

To try to extinguish the drive for riches with money is like trying to quench a fire by pouring butterfat over it.
—Hindu proverb

#philosophy #psychology #proverbs

🤗☁️🌈☁️🪽😇🪽🕊️❓🤔📖💜🩵💛🩷💗🗣️📜✝️👑💦❤️‍🔥💒🛐🫂🫶🤲🥹🏩😐👤🙎🏿‍♀️😔🧡🌍🌐💛🍥🌀😵‍💫🥴🫧🤗(WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT Sarcasm!*& Meanness!*Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears!)👉

(Proverbs 26)
#Meanness #Sarcasm #GOD #Jesus #Devotional #Proverbs #Advice #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Savior #Light #World #People #Remember #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Kindness #Caring #Hospitality #Helping #Others #Gentleness #Understanding #Unity #Love #One #Another #Curious