African Proverb Quotes
When the bull elephants are fighting it is best for the ants to go elsewhere.
There is a conceptually similar Portuguese proverb where the animals change. See {588444}.
African Proverb
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There is a conceptually similar African proverb where the animals change. See {588445}.
Magh Bahul Ekadashi
The original 1909 title was Europe’s Optical Illusion but it was changed after the first printing.
His appeal was also in the name of concurring heads of state of Finland, Holland, Denmark, Norway, Luxemburg, and Sweden.
He always tried to give the enemy a graceful way to withdraw so the strategic victory could be achieved without a final costly battle.
This is a very important quotation. This was not the ravings of a right wing extremist. It was a normative view. This book was a best seller in Germany. This quotation illustrates the mentality of the conservative, militarist, culture that dominated Germany at the time. Racism was normative then in Germany. It was not the Nazis who introduced the concept of inferior races to Germany. Through this book and much before it, the idea was well established in aristocratic, militaristic culture. Also, note that the “inferior races” were considered a threat to civilization, not just inferior beings.
At the time she was herself in exile in Jordan where she worked with the over 1 million Arab refugees (from both Syria and Iraq) in Jordanian refugee camps. The contrast between the two groups of refugees she found dramatic.
This phrsiaase has become an aphorism in Russia where peopel will say, "I am not angry. I am focusing".
A proverb (from Latin: proverbium) is a simple, concrete, traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth based on common sense or experience. Proverbs are often metaphorical and use formulaic language. Collectively, they form a genre of folklore.
