Sense of proportion

RELATIVITY OF RANKING / THE ESSENTIAL UNITY OF DIFFERING THINGS

internal contradictions among essential nature, action or situation

The literature references of the proverb type:

Abbreviation: EV

Krikmann, Arvo - Sarv, Ingrid (eds.): Eesti vanasõnad I-III. 1980-1985 Tallinn: Kirjastus 'Eesti Raamat'.. EST

Proverb number(s): 5798.

Abbreviation: Hak

Hakamies, Pekka: Venäläisten sananparsien vaikutus karjalaiseen ja suomalaiseen sananparsistoon 1986 Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.. RUS/FIN*,FIN,KAREL

Proverb number(s): 39.

Vmeste toshno, a rozno grustno (Russian)

Abbreviation: KS

Miettinen, Liisa — Leino, Pentti (eds.): Karjalaisia sananpolvia. 1971 Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.. KAREL

Proverb number(s): 5074.

Abbreviation: Kuu2

Kuusi, Matti: Ovambo Proverbs with African Parallels. FF communications no. 208. 1970 Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica.. OVAMBO/ENG*,varia AFR>GER*FR*

Proverb number(s): 2419.

Abbreviation: Kuu4

Kuusi, M. (in cooper. with) M. Joalaid, E. Kokare, A. Krikmann, K. Laukkanen, P.Leino,V.Mälk, I.Sarv: Proverbia septentrionalia. FF communications No. 236. 1985 Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica.. FIN/ENG*,KAREL/ENG*,EST/ENG*,VOT,VEPS,LIV,LETT,LITH,RUS,GER,SWE

Proverb number(s): 446.

When far, moo, when near, butt (translation, Finnish)

Abbreviation: Oos

Oost, Joseph van: Dictons et proverbes chinois. Habitant la Mongolie sud-ouest. Variétés sinologiques 50. 1918 Zi-ka-wei près Chang-hai: Imprimerie de l'Orphelinat de T'ou-sè-wè.. CHIN/FR*

Proverb number(s): 210.

Lorsqu'on est en présence, il est difficile d'avoir de la passion (Chinese)

Abbreviation: Per

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

Proverb on page: 291. Proverb on page: 346. Proverb on page: 336.

Abbreviation: PS II

Hakamies et al.: Proverbia Septentrionalia II (a database and manuscript in the Finnish Literature Society) 2001 (Helsinki / Tartu). FIN/ENG*,KAREL/ENG*,EST/ENG*,VOT,VEPS,LIV,LETT,LITH,RUS,GER,SWE

Proverb number(s): 3366.

Together cramped, separate dull. (translation, Finnish)

Abbreviation: RP

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

Proverb on page: 422. Proverb number(s) on page: 72.

If we have it we loathe it; if we have it not we long for it even in our dreams (Marathi/Indian)

Abbreviation: Sol

Solstrand, Väinö: Ordstäv. Finlands Svenska Folkdiktning III. 1923 Helsingfors:: Svenska Litteratursällskapet i Finland.. FIN-SWE

Proverb on page: 82. Proverb number(s) on page: 1004.

Abbreviation: SRpp

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

Proverb on page: 82. Additional number(s) and notes: (273).

Abbreviation: Stra

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

Proverb number(s): 45.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder / Chose rarement vue est plus chère

Abbreviation: VKs

Kuusi, Matti (ed.): Vanhan kansan sananlaskuviisaus. 1990 [1953] Helsinki: WSOY.. FIN

Proverb on page: 255.

Abbreviation: Wie

Wiedemann, F.J.: Aus dem inneren und äusseren Leben der Ehsten 1876 St. Petersburg. EST/GER*

Proverb on page: 80.