Common proverbs, meaning and application

Proverbs are brief and popular traditional sayings that expresses a perceived truth that is based on experience or knowledge.

Proverbs are used in our everyday conversation especially by experienced men and women. They are used to correct, teach a lesson, give instructions and more.

They are very popular sayings in our day, it is even used in the bible, there is a special book that is just for proverbs and reading from it gives us good insights and understanding.

Below are five common proverbs, their meanings and application:

Proverb	Meaning	Usage or application
All that glitters is not gold	Something may appear to be valuable but in reality it is not	Cynthia bought a nice and attractive set of jewelries, but it faded in less than a week. All that glitters is not gold
All good things come to an end	No good thing lasts forever	we were enjoying the beach, but all good things come to an end
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush	It's good to be content with what we have as it may be better than what we are looking for	I think I'll keep this job i have now, I will not quit for the hope of finding another one.A bird at hand is worth a thousand in the bush
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step	It is always good to take the first step to achieve what we want	I have a lot of tasks to complete and i feel overwhelmed, but I have to start from somewhere, besides a journey of thousand miles begins with a single step
Appearances can be deceptive	Looks can be deceiving, what appears real may turn our to be fake and vise versa	don't trust everyone, appearance can be deceptive

These proverbs as simple as they may look has deep meanings for all of us. There are many more of them.

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