The basic observations and socio-logic

NOTHINGNESS/EMPTINESS YIELDS/LOSES NOTHING

from air, water or useless materials one gets no valuable or durable things

The literature references of the proverb type:

Abbreviation: AP III

Freytag,Q.W. (ed.): Arabum proverbia III 1838-1843 Bonnae et Rhenum.. ARAB/LAT*

Proverb number(s): 2413.

Ut is, qui aquam manu capit, nam aquam striis signat, dum nil aqua in manu habet.D. (Latin translation, Arabic)

Abbreviation: BNm

Ikonomov, N.I.: Balkanska narodna madrost 1968 Sofia: Balgarskata akademija na naukite.. BULG,ALB,GRE,RUM,RUS,SERB,TURK

Proverb number(s): 1732, 722.

Abbreviation: Buc

Buchanan,D.C.: Japanese Proverbs and Sayings 1965 Norman: Oklahoma U.P.. JAP(transl.)/ENG*,ENG

Proverb on page: 17. Proverb on page: 171.

Change of metaphor: line,water -- number,water *JAP

Abbreviation: Bud II

Budaev,T.B.: Adekvatnye poslovitsy i pogovorki raznyh narodov, II 1969 Ulan-Ude: Burjatskoe kni noe izdatel'stvo.. diff.>RUS*

Proverb on page: 153.

Abbreviation: KPp

Plesovskij,F.V.: Komi poslovitsy i pogovorki 1973, 1983 Syktyvkar: Komi kniz#noe izdatel'stvo.. KOMI,RUS*

Proverb on page: 185. Proverb on page: 140.

Uglem na vode pishet (Russian translation, Komi)

Abbreviation: MP

Winstedt, Sir Richard (ed.): Malay Proverbs. 1950 London: Murray.. MALAIJI/ENG*

Proverb on page: 6.

Abbreviation: Per

Permâkov, Grigorij Lvovic: Izbrannye poslovitsy i pogovorki narodov Vostoka. 1968 Moskva: Nauka.. varia EAST-EUR>RUS*

Proverb on page: 239.

Abbreviation: Pol IV

Polites, N.: Meletai peri tou biou kai tes glosses tou hellenikou laou IV 1965 [1899-1902] Athenai: Ergane.. GRE,(GER,FR,ITA)

Proverb on page: 124.

Abbreviation: RP

Champion, Selwyn Gurney: Racial Proverbs. 2nd ed. 1950 London. glob>ENG*

Proverb on page: 428. Proverb number(s) on page: 33. Proverb on page: 432. Proverb number(s) on page: 152.

The body is an inscripiton on water (Tamil/Indian)

Change of metaphor: line,water = *SINHALESE

Abbreviation: Seim II

Seim, E.: Ordtøkje og herme II. Norsk Folkeminnelag 89. 1962 Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.. NORW

Proverb on page: 162.

Abbreviation: SRpp

Z#ukov, V.P. (ed.): Slovar' russkih poslovits i pogovork. 1967 Moskva: Sovjetskaja èntsiklopedija.. RUS

Proverb on page: 515.

Abbreviation: Stra

Strauss, Emanuel: Dictionary of European Proverbs 1994 New York: Routledge /Questia.com. ENG,GER,FR,SPA,ITA,LAT

Proverb number(s): 439.

An injury graves itself in metal, but a benefit writes itself in water / Injuries we write in marble, kindnesses in dust / Böses schreibt man in Stein, Gutes in Sand