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transemacabreDo you need some 5,000 year old advice? From the Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, some funny, witty, or very true proverbs from ancient Sumer.
The well-wisher is the mother of the refugee.
"Though I still have bread left over, I will eat your bread!" Will this endear a man to the household of his friend?
When a man walks about, he finds something. When a woman walks about, she loses something.
When the sun is setting outside so that you cannot see a hand in front of you, go inside!
A crafty man does not transgress against his mother.
Something which has never occurred since time immemorial: a young woman did not fart in her husband's embrace.
A plant as sweet as a husband does not grow in the desert.
You don't speak of that which you have found. You talk only about what you have lost.
Marry the wife of your choice.
The poor man does not strike his son a single blow; he treasures him highly forever.
The well-wisher is the mother of the refugee.
"Though I still have bread left over, I will eat your bread!" Will this endear a man to the household of his friend?
When a man walks about, he finds something. When a woman walks about, she loses something.
When the sun is setting outside so that you cannot see a hand in front of you, go inside!
A crafty man does not transgress against his mother.
Something which has never occurred since time immemorial: a young woman did not fart in her husband's embrace.
A plant as sweet as a husband does not grow in the desert.
You don't speak of that which you have found. You talk only about what you have lost.
Marry the wife of your choice.
The poor man does not strike his son a single blow; he treasures him highly forever.
