Collected Proverbs

EastWesterly Review Dada Cluster

Issue 41 * Fall 2018 / Winter 2019

The EastWestern University Dada Cluster is a society dedicated to using mechanical learning, AI, autocorrect, grammar, and translation tools to "fix" and create language. In this issue, they provide the wisdom of the ages generated by the codes of today.

Ingratitude is always bringing new spectators. - Yiddish

Hold fast what is uncertain. - Navaho

Butter is gold in the mud. - Netherlands

Muffled cats are bad lenders. - Bulgaria and Thrace

Entire affection hateth nicer hands. - Persia

Do good, and hearken not unto the locust. - Yoruba

Opponents fancy they understand whatever they experience. - China

A clear conscience is a padlock. - Austria

Never be ashamed to eat dirty puddings. - Cornwall

A feast is not healed by a birdcall. - Peru

You cannot hide an eel in a dog's tooth. - Catalonia

Be not afraid of sudden fear. - Japan

Life is a plant. - Finland

God help the rich, the sheep go naked. - Iceland