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- Patience and delayed outcomes
15 proverbs · 7 reviewed comparisons
- Effort and providence
2 proverbs · no reviewed comparison yet
- English traditional proverbs
934 proverbs · no reviewed comparison yet
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Meanings
- Patient waiting(26 proverbs)
- Persistent effort(19 proverbs)
- Learning from adversity(16 proverbs)
- Enduring hardship(11 proverbs)
- Relief after hardship(8 proverbs)
- Forbearance toward others(14 proverbs)
- Timely action(22 proverbs)
- Measured pace(2 proverbs)
- Self-reliance(20 proverbs)
- Actions over Boasts(11 proverbs)
- Choosing the Lesser Harm(27 proverbs)
- Dependence on Patronage(1 proverb)
- Fatalism(17 proverbs)
- Friendship Tested by Adversity(7 proverbs)
- Fruitless Effort(22 proverbs)
- Harm Repaying Service(3 proverbs)
- Impractical Planning(4 proverbs)
- Inflated Entitlement Claims(1 proverb)
- Kinship Preference in Marriage(1 proverb)
- Limits of Endurance(6 proverbs)
- Restraint in Giving Advice(1 proverb)
- Tolerating Discomfort for Pay(1 proverb)
- Trust in Divine Providence(14 proverbs)
- Mortality(13 proverbs)
- Privacy(9 proverbs)
All comparisons
All filed under Patience and delayed outcomes. Each one was reviewed separately: why the proverbs are connected and where they differ.
- Near equivalentSomeone faces a hardship they cannot remove by their own efforts, and the question is how to bear it.
Arabic and English
- Near equivalentSomeone going through a hard time needs encouragement that it will not last.
Arabic and English
- Contrasting wisdomSomeone is deciding whether a delay is something to endure or something that will cost them the chance to act.
Arabic and English
- Near equivalentSomeone is hurrying a task or journey whose finish they do not fully control.
Arabic and English
- Near equivalentSomeone is tempted to rush a task where a mistake would cost more than the time saved.
Arabic and English
- Near equivalentSomeone wants a result that will not come at once and is tempted to press for it rather than hold on.
English and Persian
- Shared moralSomeone whose patience is being tried by another person's faults or provocations is deciding whether to put up with them or react.
Arabic and English