English Proverbs & Sayings Bad news travels fast. People tend to circulate bad news very quickly (accidents, illness, etc.). (A) bad tree does not yield good apples. A bad parent does not raise good children. (A) bad workman blames his tools. Blaming tools for bad workmanship is an excuse for lack of skill. Be just before you are generous. Make sure all your debts are paid before you start offering help to others. Beauty is only skin deep. A person's character is more important than their appearance. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Different people have different tastes. Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men. No comment...
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proverb Accidents will happen Some unfortunate events must be accepted as inevitable. Actions speak louder than words What a person actually does is more important than what they say they will do. Adversity makes strange bedfellows. People of all origins who share the same misfortune are drawn together. Advice is cheap It doesn't cost anything to offer advice. Advice is least heeded when most needed. When a problem is serious, people often do not follow the advice given. Advisors run no risks. It's easier to give advice than to act. After dinner rest a while, after supper walk a while. Dinner is called 'lunch...
proverb A lender nor borrower be. Do not lend or borrow money. A leopard cannot change its spots. It is impossible for a bad or unpleasant person to become good or pleasant. A lie begets a lie. Telling one lie will lead you to tell another one. A little fire is quickly trodden out. If you deal with a minor problem quickly, it will not become a major issue. A little of what you fancy does you good. It's ok to give into a little temptation occasionally. A loaded wagon makes no noise. Really wealthy people do not talk about money. A loveless life is living death. Without affection, life is difficult. ...
Proverbs A bad excuse is better than none. Always give an excuse, even if it's a poor one. A bad penny always turns up. An unwanted or disreputable person constantly comes back. A bad tree does not yield good apples. A bad parent does not raise good children. A bad workman blames his tools. Blaming the tools for bad workmanship is an excuse for lack of skill. A barking dog seldom bites. Someone who constantly makes threats rarely carries them out. A bird in hand is worth two in a bush. It is better to keep what you have rather than to risk losing it by searching for something better. A black plum is as sweet as a white. ...
ice age General Overview of the Ice Ages Extinct mammals of the ice ages: Mammoths and saber tooth tigers. (From: The Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits ) Geologically speaking, we live in a time period of intense climatic change. Since the last 1 million years, our species and our human forebears experienced a dozen or so major glaciations of the northern hemisphere, with the greatest ever occurring around 650,000 years ago. During this period of extreme ice buildup, the ice advanced deep into the Midwest, from its center around Hudson Bay in Canada, and deep into Germany, from its center on the Scandinavian Shield. So much ice collected in these two major regions and several lesser ones that the sea level dropped by some 400 feet and the overall global temperature was lowered by around 5°C (about 9°F). Mammoth, mastodon, wooly rhinoceros, giant bison, camels, horses, and many large predators (cats, wolves, bears) roamed the grasslands well south of the rim o...
c. 2000 BCE Babylon controls Fertile Crescent . Babylon is the most famous city from ancient Mesopotamia whose ruins lie in modern-day Iraq 59 miles (94 kilometres) southwest of Baghdad. The name is thought to derive from bav-il or bav-ilim which, in the Akkadian language of the time, meant ‘Gate of God’ or `Gate of the Gods’ and `Babylon’ coming from Greek . The city owes its fame (or infamy) to the many references the Bible makes to it; all of which are unfavourable. In the Book of Genesis, chapter 11, Babylon is featured in the story of The Tower of Babel and the Hebrews claimed the city was named for the confusion which ensued after God caused the people to begin speaking in different languages so they would not be able to complete their great tower to the heavens (the Hebrew word bavel means `confusion’). Babylon also appears prominently in the biblical books of Daniel, Jeremiah, and Isaiah, among others, and, most notably, The Book of Revelat...
Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe , on the south by North Africa , and on the east by the Levant . The sea is technically a part of the Atlantic Ocean, although it is usually identified as a completely separate body of water. The name Mediterranean is derived from the Latin mediterraneus, meaning "inland" or "in the middle of the earth" (from medius, "middle" and terra, "earth"). It was an important route for merchants and travelers of ancient times that allowed for trade and cultural exchange between emergent peoples of the region — the Mesopotamian, Egyptian , Phoenician, Carthaginian, Iberian, Greek , Macedonian , Illyrian, Thracian, Levantine, Gallic, Roman , Albanian, Armenian, Arabic, Berber, Jewish, Slavic and Turkish cultures. The history of the Mediterranean region ...