Favorite Proverbs
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I read this when I was about 13 years old, suffering my first broken heart. It still swims about my head. No credit was given, other than "Chinese Proverb".
He whose house is burning, thinks all the world's aglow.
His neighbor eating dinner, may never even know.
And when my heart was lying, shattered on the ground,
I thought the world had ended; you didn't hear a sound.
He whose house is burning, thinks all the world's aglow.
His neighbor eating dinner, may never even know.
And when my heart was lying, shattered on the ground,
I thought the world had ended; you didn't hear a sound.
Pray for peace, prepare for war.
Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer.
Age is a privilege denied to many.
Better to be smarter than look than to be smarter than you are.
Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer.
Age is a privilege denied to many.
Better to be smarter than look than to be smarter than you are.
Time flies like and arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. - Groucho
"One morning, I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know." -- Groucho M
Houdini in Omaha
Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.
A hill pays back going downhill.
As long as the ball is fair and over the fence, it's a home-run.
The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.
Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.
A hill pays back going downhill.
As long as the ball is fair and over the fence, it's a home-run.
The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.
Work is the curse of the drinking class. - Oscar Wilde
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadency without civilisation in between
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much
I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability
If you want to tell people the truth; make them laugh, otherwise they kill you
All of them are by Oscar Wilde. I like his irony.
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much
I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability
If you want to tell people the truth; make them laugh, otherwise they kill you
All of them are by Oscar Wilde. I like his irony.
Life is like a sewer... what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.
Ah, that's the older version of garbage in, garbage out - just with other stuff.
"Eschew surplusage."
Mark Twain
Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their labor:
If either of them falls down,
one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
and has no one to help them up.
Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
But how can one keep warm alone?
Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
~Ecclesiastes
Virtue is persecuted by the wicked more than it is loved by the good.
~Cervantes
Men to whom God is dead worship one another.
~Harry Crews
So long as man remains free he strives for nothing so incessantly and so painfully as to find someone to worship.
~Dostoyevsky
Drink water from your own cistern,
running water from your own well.
~Solomon
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
~Solomon
Even in laughter the heart may ache,
and joy may end in grief.
~Solomon
Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than a fool in his folly.
~Solomon
Chinua Achebe has a number of proverbs in his stories if you ever get the chance and are interested...one of many whose stories are a reflection of Horney's theory about neurosis and human growth, neurotic colonial governments, neurotic reactions, another kind of cycle of evil.
because they have a good return for their labor:
If either of them falls down,
one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
and has no one to help them up.
Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
But how can one keep warm alone?
Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
~Ecclesiastes
Virtue is persecuted by the wicked more than it is loved by the good.
~Cervantes
Men to whom God is dead worship one another.
~Harry Crews
So long as man remains free he strives for nothing so incessantly and so painfully as to find someone to worship.
~Dostoyevsky
Drink water from your own cistern,
running water from your own well.
~Solomon
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
~Solomon
Even in laughter the heart may ache,
and joy may end in grief.
~Solomon
Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than a fool in his folly.
~Solomon
Chinua Achebe has a number of proverbs in his stories if you ever get the chance and are interested...one of many whose stories are a reflection of Horney's theory about neurosis and human growth, neurotic colonial governments, neurotic reactions, another kind of cycle of evil.
When a man says he's going to do it, he's going to do it, you don't have to keep reminding him every six months.
~someone, probably a man
~someone, probably a man
I saw this one on FB the other day.
I saw this one on FB the other day.
that's where I saw it. My cousin had it on his page and it seems to fit a number of people I know.
Yar, it brought someone to mind when I saw it also.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link
It is clearly a literal fact that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. The conversion of that notion into a figurative phrase was established in the language by the 18th century. Thomas Reid'sEssays on the Intellectual Powers of Man, 1786, included this line:
"In every chain of reasoning, the evidence of the last conclusion can be no greater than that of the weakest link of the chain, whatever may be the strength of the rest."
It is clearly a literal fact that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. The conversion of that notion into a figurative phrase was established in the language by the 18th century. Thomas Reid'sEssays on the Intellectual Powers of Man, 1786, included this line:
"In every chain of reasoning, the evidence of the last conclusion can be no greater than that of the weakest link of the chain, whatever may be the strength of the rest."
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
From the quote 千里之行，始於足下 (zh), by the Chinese philosopher Laozi (c 604 bc - c 531 bc) in the Tao Te Ching, chapter 64. Sometimes this quote is erroneously attributed to Laozi's contemporary, Confucius (c 551 bc - c 479 bc), founder of Confucianism.
Even the longest and most difficult ventures have a starting point.
From the quote 千里之行，始於足下 (zh), by the Chinese philosopher Laozi (c 604 bc - c 531 bc) in the Tao Te Ching, chapter 64. Sometimes this quote is erroneously attributed to Laozi's contemporary, Confucius (c 551 bc - c 479 bc), founder of Confucianism.
Even the longest and most difficult ventures have a starting point.