http://www.doingfine.org A collection of inspirational proverbs and inspirational sayings from all over the world translated from other languages. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:25:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.doingfine.org/proverbs-41/ http://www.doingfine.org/proverbs-41/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 08:57:27 +0000 admin http://www.doingfine.org/?p=41 Gold coins to a cat. — One of the meanings of this proverb could be… Giving a gift to someone who can’t appreciate it; A useless gesture; “Pearls before swine.” According to superstition, cats love round, shiny objects like coins even though they’re ignorant of their true use, so this proverb also carries the connotation of an objective pursued without completely comprehending it. (This is a Japanese proverb, saying, or idiom)

]]> http://www.doingfine.org/proverbs-41/feed/ 0 http://www.doingfine.org/proverbs-128/ http://www.doingfine.org/proverbs-128/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:47:13 +0000 admin http://www.doingfine.org/?p=128 Who loves cats has a beautiful wife —  (This is a rough translation from a Breton proverb)

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