Folk Sayings on Fortune and Fate Around the world - Pre 1969 or Italy, Click here
The East
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Eastern Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune
o "Do not remove a fly from your friend's head with a hatchet."
Image ID: NYPL #1524859. Cigarette Cards: ABCs (published ca. 1922-1939).
Contributed by: Courtesty of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery
Notes: Eastern Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune
o "It's no use calling the tiger the chase away the dog."
Image ID: NYPL #1524863. Cigarette Cards: ABCs (published ca. 1922-1939).
Contributed by: Courtesty of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery
Notes: Eastern Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune
o "To go beyond is as bad as to fall short."
Image ID: NYPL #1524867. Cigarette Cards: ABCs (published ca. 1922-1939).
Contributed by: Courtesty of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery
Notes: Eastern Proverb or Folk Saying on Wickedness
o "Do not believe a weeping man or a laughing woman."
Image ID: NYPL #1524871. Cigarette Cards: ABCs (published ca. 1922-1939).
Contributed by: Courtesty of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery
Notes: Eastern Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune
o "The dogs bark, but the caravan goes on."
Image ID: NYPL #1524875. Cigarette Cards: ABCs (published ca. 1922-1939).
Contributed by: Courtesty of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery
Notes: Eastern Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune
o "The washerwoman knows the defects of the village."
Image ID: NYPL #1524883. Cigarette Cards: ABCs (published ca. 1922-1939).
Contributed by: Courtesty of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery