help me. i beg of you.
GUYS!!!! I know, I know, I only post on here now when I am in desperate need of things. This is no exception. One of my friends and fellow teachers of English here in Siberia (who is Russian) is doing a round-table discussion on English proverbs on Tuesday and how native English-speakers feel about them. Of course, I only got the official list of these proverbs about 10 minutes ago, which is why I've waited until now to post it. Anyway, if you could PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take like 5 minutes and mark each proverb that you personally, as a native speaker of English, feel are more likely to reflect the person's attitude to law, work and individual/collectivism?
Attitude to Labor
1 The good workman does a good job
2 Work done have your fun/When the work is done,
there is time for fun
3 Labor and patience defeat all resistance
4 He that will eat the kernel must crack the nut /
He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet/
No pains no gains
5 Every day brings its own bread /
Let the morn come and the meat with it
6 No equivalent found » Work loves fools
7 No equivalent found » Work is not a wolf
- it won’t run to the forest
Individualism vs. collectivism
8 One man in the filed is no warrior
9 Two heads are better than one
10 God helps those who help themselves/ Put your trust in God, but keep you powder dry
11 Paddle your own canoe
12 Your own shirt is closer to the body
13 Company in distress makes trouble less
Attitude to law
14 Every law has a loophole
15 Necessity knows no law
16 No equivalent found » An honestly earned slice of bread is better than a stolen loaf
17 It’s your property and your fire - so, burn it if you desire
18 No equivalent found » The truth and law don’t go hand in hand
19 No equivalent found » Where money talks the truth is silent
20 No equivalent found » Not caught red handed - not a thief
21 One law for the rich and another for the poor
22 Fools are fools, they observe no rules
23 A guilty conscience is a self-accuser