Most often, proverbs and sayings are composed on topics that are most intertwined with the daily realities of a person, regardless of his cultural background.
Relevance for all time
For example, the proverb about friendship “An old friend is better than the new two” is applicable to the life of almost every person who does not shy away from society and at least sometimes makes contact with his comrades. A person understands when a noisy company can and should be exchanged for a best friend, and when it is better to go to a party place for strangers on your own in order to “acquire” new acquaintances. This proverb about friendship does not tell us that the mass of potential interesting acquaintances should always be neglected if the choice is between them and an old friend. If you always follow this line of behavior, you can not only not make new friends, but also pass for an unprecedented introvert and lose even old comrades. Winged sayings teach us how to behave better in individual situations, but are rarely applicable to every life choice.
In friendship there is no place for selfishness
Such a proverb about friendship and mutual assistance as the famous “One - for all, and all - for one”, which came into use after the cult masterpiece of Russian cinema about three musketeers, teaches friends to stand by the mountain and expect them to do the same. In life, however, this statement often misfires. Friendship is often “one-sided”, when one person is ready to give everything that he has, so long as his friend lives well. The second, however, meekly accepts any help, and takes it for granted, but he does not give anything away. Such egoists do not know how to be friends, and most often lose friends faster than girls who make invisible hairpins. On this occasion, there is another very good proverb about friendship: "Friends are in trouble." Its variation can also be considered "There are pies - there are friends, there are no pies - there are no friends." This happens not only friendship, but also love. Someone agrees to give their feeling and respect only because he likes the person. Someone believes that this is appropriate only in the presence of material wealth.
Learn to be friends from a young age
Such a proverb about friendship for children, such as “Do not have a hundred rubles, but have a hundred friends”, can teach kids to value people first of all, and not their money. However, this will work only if before this the child is explained why friends are needed, why they are more important than money. Here, an adult may encounter a very logical counterargument, which will be: “But I can live without people, but I can not live without money, because then I just have nothing to buy to eat.” Here you can give any number of examples of disinterested friendly help, but this is unlikely to affect the child. First of all, it should be emphasized that the richest person in the world who suffers from loneliness will not be able to feel happy. Material values, which are cultivated in modern cinema, modern literature and even musical production, create a misconception in the younger generation about the definition of happiness. True friends are valued not because they can lend you a ruble, but because next to them you can not even worry about whether you have this ruble.
Whether friend or foe - time will tell
The following proverb about friendship is very interesting: "A smart enemy is better than a stupid friend." It is interesting primarily for its duality and incomprehensibility. On the one hand, it’s not at all clear how an enemy can be better than a friend. However, explaining this is extremely simple: the enemy is a definite concept. He wants only evil for you, and all his actions towards you will be either clearly destructive or aimed at at least somehow worsening your existence. A foolish friend or a comrade who can afford to mix friendship with hatred can throw such a feint at any time that you won’t even know how to react. A friend can stab in the back unexpectedly, and an enemy is almost expected. A best friend can be the most dangerous enemy because he knows as much about you as you let him know. It will only be possible to blame yourself, and therefore assessing the scale of the tragedy will be much more difficult than in the case of a clear foe.
