I love proverbs because they're more than knowledge, they're wisdom. Do you know any good short proverbs? I'll go first...
If you chop your own firewood, it warms you twice...
If you chop your own firewood, it warms you twice...
Wise Proverbs...
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That's a good one ! I know a few saucy ones but I'm not saying them on here
how about : give someone enough rope and they will hang themselves , meaning : u b quiet and let someones own mouth convict them . English has dozens of these , do they have the same ones in other parts of the world ? Never look a gift horse in the mouth , means : in olden times people used to b able to tell the age of a horse by looking at its teeth , it was the best way to make sure that u weren't being swindled by someone telling u it was a young horse but really it was an old one . So the proverb means , if someone gives u something for free , just graciously accept , don't try to look for faults in the gift or ulterior motives in the giver . My grandma was full of these sayings , most of which I didn't understand when I was a child . If I didn't eat all my dinner she would tell me that there were starving children all over the world , I didn't get the connection and wondered if it was my fault that they were starving , because I didn't eat my dinner . Does anyone know any really obscure proverbs ? Ones that seem totally nonsensical ? Don't put your daughter on the stage Mrs Worthington !
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Not sure that all of these r wise but , here goes , c if u can interpret them all :
Coy maids lead apes in hell !
One doth the scathe and another hath the scorn .
A man acts what he is when he may do what he will .
The fuller the cup the more carefully it has to b carried .
Do not reprove the gentle soul , waves break easily on the shore .
A spoon doesn't know the taste of soup .
He / she , couldn't stop a pig in a passage ! .
Coy maids lead apes in hell !
One doth the scathe and another hath the scorn .
A man acts what he is when he may do what he will .
The fuller the cup the more carefully it has to b carried .
Do not reprove the gentle soul , waves break easily on the shore .
A spoon doesn't know the taste of soup .
He / she , couldn't stop a pig in a passage !
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If you build a man a fire you keep him warm all day. If you set a man on fire you keep him warm for the rest of his life.
Cherokee Proverb
ONE EVENING, AN ELDERLY
CHEROKEE BRAVE TOLD HIS
GRANDSON ABOUT A BATTLE THAT
GOES ON INSIDE PEOPLE.
HE SAID “MY SON, THE BATTLE IS
BETWEEN TWO ‘WOLVES’ INSIDE US ALL.
ONE IS EVIL. IT IS ANGER,
ENVY, JEALOUSY, SORROW,
REGRET, GREED, ARROGANCE,
SELF-PITY, GUILT, RESENTMENT,
INFERIORITY, LIES, FALSE PRIDE,
SUPERIORITY, AND EGO.
THE OTHER IS GOOD.
IT IS JOY, PEACE LOVE, HOPE SERENITY,
HUMILITY, KINDNESS, BENEVOLENCE,
EMPATHY, GENEROSITY,
TRUTH, COMPASSION AND FAITH.”
THE GRANDSON THOUGH ABOUT
IT FOR A MINUTE AND THEN ASKED
HIS GRANDFATHER:
“WHICH WOLF WINS?…”
THE OLD CHEROKEE SIMPLY REPLIED,
“THE ONE THAT YOU FEED”
ONE EVENING, AN ELDERLY
CHEROKEE BRAVE TOLD HIS
GRANDSON ABOUT A BATTLE THAT
GOES ON INSIDE PEOPLE.
HE SAID “MY SON, THE BATTLE IS
BETWEEN TWO ‘WOLVES’ INSIDE US ALL.
ONE IS EVIL. IT IS ANGER,
ENVY, JEALOUSY, SORROW,
REGRET, GREED, ARROGANCE,
SELF-PITY, GUILT, RESENTMENT,
INFERIORITY, LIES, FALSE PRIDE,
SUPERIORITY, AND EGO.
THE OTHER IS GOOD.
IT IS JOY, PEACE LOVE, HOPE SERENITY,
HUMILITY, KINDNESS, BENEVOLENCE,
EMPATHY, GENEROSITY,
TRUTH, COMPASSION AND FAITH.”
THE GRANDSON THOUGH ABOUT
IT FOR A MINUTE AND THEN ASKED
HIS GRANDFATHER:
“WHICH WOLF WINS?…”
THE OLD CHEROKEE SIMPLY REPLIED,
“THE ONE THAT YOU FEED”
When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
I have always liked an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. If you see a problem and stop it before it starts, it is usually way easier than fixing the problem after it has run its course.
Of course anything can be taken to extreme. If you look too hard for problems you can stop before they start, you can start spending all your time looking for problems.
Of course anything can be taken to extreme. If you look too hard for problems you can stop before they start, you can start spending all your time looking for problems.
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with others.
“Your enemy is never a villain in his own eyes. Keep this in mind; it may offer a way to make him your friend. If not, you can kill him without hate — and quickly.”
― Robert A. Heinlein
― Robert A. Heinlein
"Dammed if you do and dammed if you don't"
"Everyone is a critic"
Luke 7:33-35
33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ 34 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ 35 But wisdom is proved right by all her children.”
"Everyone is a critic"
Luke 7:33-35
33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ 34 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ 35 But wisdom is proved right by all her children.”
There's a lot of proverbs where i come from but i'd like to hear more English-version proverbs.
I even opened an English-version idioms topic a while ago. That was a lot of fun.
But here's one from the Mediterranean region.
"The fish is in the sea and the pan is on the fire"
This is usually told to people who have no clue about planning.
I even opened an English-version idioms topic a while ago. That was a lot of fun.
But here's one from the Mediterranean region.
"The fish is in the sea and the pan is on the fire"
This is usually told to people who have no clue about planning.
If you give a man a fish you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish you feed him for a lifetime.
I like that!