A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his lifetime.Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about day, man
Clementine: In a cavern, in a canyon, excavating for a mine, Lived a miner, forty-niner, and his daughter Clementine. CHORUS Oh my darling, Oh my darling, Oh my darling Clementine, You are lost and gone forever, dreadful sorry,...Traditional Songs
I heard the bells on Christmas day I heard the bells on Christmas day Their old familiar carols play And mild and sweet the words repeat, Of peace on earth, good will to men. I thought how as the day had come, The belfries of all...Carols
Hymn for Christmas Day See amid the winter's snow, Born for us on earth below, See the tender Lamb appears, Promised from eternal years. Chorus Hail, thou ever-blessed morn! Hail, redemption's happy dawn! Sing through all...Carols
He who doesn't know a grave's coldness, doesn't give the dead their respect.Proverbs and old sayings West African about respect
One is better off seated than standing. lying than seated, asleep than awake, and dead than alive.Proverbs and old sayings about lie
There are two kinds of perfect people: those who are dead, and those who have not been born yet.Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about perfection, people
On April 8th, the cuckoo's call must be heard. If it isn't, either the cuckoo is dead or is going to die.Proverbs and old sayings about death
It is discreditable to fly from a living enemy, or to abuse a dead one.Proverbs and old sayings Danish about enemies
There are only two good women in the world; the one is dead, the other not to be found.Proverbs and old sayings German about world, good, good luck
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.Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about death, fame, deeds, things, man, contentment
The earth is God's bride -- she feeds the living and cherishes the dead.Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about earth, god
Like the migrating Maruiwi, who all disappeared into the world of spirits Dead like the moa.Proverbs and old sayings about world