Some Proverbs Don't cry over spilt milk.  It never rains but it pours.  Don't count your chickens until they're hatched.  The proof of the pudding is in the eating.  He who laughs last - laughs best.  He who hesitates is lost.  Look before you leap.  A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.  When the cat's away the mice will play.  A rolling stone gathers no moss.  Grass doesn't grow on a racetrack.  Strike while the iron is hot.  A penny saved is a penny earned.  Beggars shouldn't be choosers.  Like father like son.  You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink.  All that glitters is not gold.  A stitch in time saves nine.  A fool and his money are soon parted.  A watched pot never boils.  Never look a gift horse in the mouth.  Birds of a feather flock together.  Too many cooks spoil the broth.  You cannot have your cake and eat it too.  A barking dog never bites. Make hay while the sun shines.  Rome wasn't built in a day.  When in Rome do as the Romans do.  Absence makes the heart grow fonder.  The early bird catches the worm.  The pot often calls the kettle black.  One good turn deserves another.  A friend in need is a friend indeed.  Two wrongs do not make a right.  The pen is mightier than the sword.  Curiosity killed the cat.  Necessity is the mother of invention.  Actions speak louder than words.  Haste makes waste.  You can lead students to knowledge but you can't make them think.   Every cloud has a silver lining.  Beauty is only skin deep.  You can't teach an old dog new tricks.  Don't cross the bridge until you get to it.  All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.  Money burns a hole in your pocket.  Don't change horses in the middle of a stream.  Every dog has its day. Let sleeping dogs lie.  Many hands make light work.  Leave no stone unturned.  An apple a day keeps the doctor away.  Live and let live.  Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg.  Experience is a dear teacher but fools learn at no other.  Happy is the man with a wise son.  Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy wealthy and wise.  Trust only in your money and down you go.  Hunger is good - if it makes you work to satisfy it.  We toss the coin - the Lord controls the decision.  Pride goes before a fall.  A lazy man sleeps soundly - and he goes hungry.  Silence passes for wisdom.  As a twig is bent so grows the tree.  To plan evil is as wrong as doing it.  Timely advice is as lovely as golden apples in a silver basket.  Good news from far away is like cold water to the thirsty.   When you fail to plan - you plan to fail.  He that stays up late and gets up early eats the bread of sorrows.  A man is known by the company he keeps.  A soft reply turns away anger.  Work brings profit - talk brings poverty.   If you are looking for advice stay away from fools.  Only a simpleton believes everything he is told.   A wise man is hungry for truth - while the mocker feeds on trash.  It's better to eat soup with friends than steak with the enemy.  A crust eaten in peace is better than steak with an argument.  What dainty morsels rumors are.  The way of the wicked is hard.  A wise man thinks ahead. A fool doesn't and even brags about it.  Let the blind lead the blind and they'll both fall in the ditch.  The one-eyed man in the land of the blind is king.  Don't cast pearls before swine.  To learn you must want to be taught. To refuse reproof is stupid.  Truth stands the test of time - lies are soon exposed.  Laugh and the world laughs with you - cry and you cry alone.  Only a fool despises his father's advice.  Wickedness loves company - and leads others into sin.  Kind words are like honey - enjoyable and healthful.  Idle hands are the devil's workshop.  Gossip separates the best of friends.  Rust wastes more than use.  Those who live by the sword die by the sword.  Abundance like want ruins many.  The absent are always wrong.  Bacchus drowned more men than Neptune.  The bait hides the hook.  . There is small choice in rotten apples.  . The mouse that has but one hole is often taken.  No man can serve two masters.  No man is so wise he cannot be deceived.  The oak is not felled in one stroke.  Oaks may fall when reeds bend.   An old ox makes a straight furrow.  Omelets are not made without breaking eggs.  One enemy is too many - 1000 friends too few.  Every path has a puddle.  If you don't pay a servant his wages - he will pay himself.  Penny wise - and pound-foolish.  Don't pour water on a drowned mouse.  It is easier to pull down than to build.  If you run after two rabbits you will catch neither.  He that seeks trouble never misses.  He who serves God for rewards will serve the devil for better wag Shallow streams make the most noise.  Silence gives consent.  You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.  A golden key can open an iron lock.  Six feet of earth make all men equal.  Never touch your eye except with your elbow.  Tread on a worm and it will turn.  It never troubles a wolf how many sheep there are.  Two attorneys can thrive in a town where one cannot.  A workman is known by his tools.  You can't turn back the clock - but you can wind it up again.  Adolescence is like a house on moving day - a temporary mess.  Facts do not cease to exist simply because they are ignored.  . The person who stands neutral - usually stands for nothing.  The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.  If you don't have a job without aggravation - you don't have a job.  Character consists of what you do on the 3rd and 4th tries.  We protest against unjust criticism - but accept unearned praise.   A squeaking wheel gets the grease - it also is the first to be replaced.  When the horse is dead - get off.  We can no more win a war than we can win an earthquake. "That problem is over - move on."  "Bad things sometimes can get worse."  "Wait for success to celebrate."  "It is success only if it works."  "Don't gloat too soon."  "Don't pass up opportunities."  "Use some caution before making a move."  "One sure thing is better than two maybes."  "Some work only when the boss watches."  "You won't grow old keeping busy."  "A busy man's desk has no dust on it."  "Seize the opportunity when it's available."  "Not spending is the same as earning money."  "Don't complain about free gifts."  "Men emulate their fathers."  "You can only help those who want help."  "Don't be allured by flashy temptations."  "Repair something before the damage is too great."  "A wise man has money because he's careful."  "Move on to solve the next problem."  "Accept a gift graciously."  "You will be known by the company you keep."  "One person needs to be in charge."  "You cannot use and save the same item."  "Many people talk without any action." "Work when you are able."  "Be patient and keep struggling."  "Adapt to the local customs."  "You appreciate people more when you miss them."  "Get a head start on your competitors."  "It takes a bad man to identify the bad people."  "You help someone - they help another."  "People in need want to be your friend."  "Don't return evil with evil."  "Words can do what violence cannot."  "Don't pry into other's business."  "You create things you need."  "Do something rather than tell me what you'll do."  "No planning will cause lots of problems."  "Students will learn only if they want to."  "We can learn something from each misfortune."  "Inner beauty will never grow old."  "Some people with bad habits never change."  "Don't solve problems until they happen."  "You do better work with good rest and relaxation."  "Don't spend all your money - save some."  "Minimize changes when in the middle of a plan."  "Even the lazy and wicked win sometimes." "Forget old hatreds and fights."  "Work goes fast and easy when all work."  "Try to find success in many ways."  "Eat right and keep healthy."  "There are many ways of being right."  "If something works keep on doing it."  "Fools have to make their own mistakes to learn."  "You always take pride when your child succeeds."  "Good rest and hard work will help you prosper."  "Money is not the most important thing in life."  What you need, you will work for."  "You may gamble but God determines your fate."  "Being too proud often clouds our judgment."  "Laziness will never bring success." "Fools can pass as wise men when they don't talk."  "We remember our early training."  "To keep from evil stay far away from it."  "Good advice at the right time is valuable."  "Good news from friends is a wonderful thing." "Success begins with a plan."  "Laziness has its own reward - sorrow."  "Your reputation will be judged by your friends."  "Try to soften the anger with a gentle reply."  "Work can produce results - talk produces nothing." "You need nothing they have to say."  "Use judgment when hearing advice."  "Wise people love truth and wisdom."  "Friends can make any food a banquet."  "Peace and quiet can make food taste good."  "Many enjoy a good malicious rumor."  "Lies and deceit are difficult to remember."  "Plan your work and relax." "Get help from qualified people."  " A fool seems smart to idiot."  " Fools won't appreciate value."  "I can teach - only you can learn."  "Truths are easier to remember."  "The world loves a winner not a loser."  "With age and love can spring wisdom."  "Resist evil with all your strength."  "Kindness builds - anger destroys."  "Laziness often leads to getting into trouble."  "Tearing people down will cost you friends."  "Rot and rust destroy more things than use."  "Violence breeds violence."  "We put little value on things easily obtained."  "The absent can't defend themselves or object." "You have more to fear from alcohol than the sea."  "There is no such thing as a free lunch."  "A dilemma is the choice between two bad things."  "Prepare for possible trouble by having alternatives."  "Pleasing two bosses will end pleasing none."  "A wise man should be alert to deceit and trickery."  "Don't expect success immediately every time."  "Don't be too rigid in your ways - bend a little."  "Experience and maturity can contribute to success."  "Somebody may be upset over anything you do."  "Avoid making enemies."  "Every endeavor has some problems to solve."  "It you cheat a servant they will cheat you in return."  "It's foolish to save a penny and waste a dollar."  "Don't shoot someone already dead."  "It's easier to tear down (criticize) than to build"  "Two things done halfway don't make one whole."  "You will find evil if you are looking for it."  "Loyalty for money is not loyalty." "Empty people make the greatest noise."  "Evil can only survive when the good don't object."  "There are some things you cannot change."  "Money can open many doors."  "There is no rank among the dead."  "Permission to do the impossible is a prohibition."  "Even the humblest will resent ill treatment."  "Armies don't fear nations with weak courage."  "They make work for each other."  "A good workman keeps his tools in good order."  "The past is past but most of your life is ahead."  "Teenagers take time to get organized."  "Ignoring reality never solves anything."  "Not making a decision is a decision."  "Most people like to know why and how things work."  "If your boss has no troubles he doesn't need you."  "Keep trying. Don't give up so soon."  "We take credit not ours and refuse blame when ours."   "Many complaints may result in you being replaced."  "You must know when to give up a lost cause." "Wars cannot be won. All wars are a loss."   . He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good. Confucius I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... But I am too busy thinking about myself. Edith Sitwell  Life is a long lesson in humility. James M. Barrie Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend. Jules Renard Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth. Madam Guizot I am no more humble than my talents require. Oscar Levant If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect. Ted Turner Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion. Kate Reid I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions. Dorothy Day I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. John Locke Strong reasons make strong actions. William Shakespeare Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half. John Wanamaker You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements. Norman Douglas Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it. Stephen Leacock Advertisements... contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper. Thomas Jefferson I read no newspaper now but Ritchie's, and in that chiefly the advertisements, for they contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper. Thomas Jefferson What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public. Vilhjalmur Stefansson Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties. Aesop It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice. Anne Tyler People who ask our advice almost never take it. Yet we should never refuse to give it, upon request, for it often helps us to see our own way more clearly. Brendan Francis Ask advice only of your equals. Danish Proverb Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it. Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950), Letters Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. English Proverb Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. Erica Jong I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite. G. K. Chesterton Never give advice unless asked. German Proverb Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it. Gordon R. Dickson The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right. Hannah Whitall Smith I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. Harry S Truman   Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble. Sidney J. Harris In giving advice, seek to help, not please your friend. Solon Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry. Spanish Proverb Beware of the young doctor and the old barber. Benjamin Franklin To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. Bernard M. Baruch   Aging is not 'lost youth' but a new stage of opportunity and strength. Betty Friedan There is no old age. There is, as there always was, just you. Carol Matthau Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you. Cyril Connolly The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in 70 or 80 years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. Doris Lessing The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools. Doug Larson Though it sounds absurd, it is true to say I felt younger at sixty than I felt at twenty. Ellen Glasgow The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. Frank Lloyd Wright Age to me means nothing. I can't get old; I'm working. I was old when I was twenty-one and out of work. As long as you're working, you stay young. When I'm in front of an audience, all that love and vitality sweeps over me and I forget my age. George Burns   I was always taught to respect my elders and I've now reached the age when I don't have anybody to respect. George Burns   About the only thing that comes to us without effort is old age. Gloria Pitzer   Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough. Groucho Marx The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. H. L. Mencken . My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me. Benjamin Disraeli   It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree. Charles Baudelaire Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness. Cullen Hightower We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us. Francois de La Rochefoucauld If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking. Lyndon B. Johnson I don't necessarily agree with everything I say. Marshall McLuhan If you can find something everyone agrees on, it's wrong. Mo Udall Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. Oscar Wilde The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be. Walter Bagehot When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary. William Wrigley Jr. America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair. Arnold Toynbee  There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. Bill Clinton   America's one of the finest countries anyone ever stole. Bobcat Goldthwaite There's the country of America, which you have to defend, but there's also the idea of America. America is more than just a country, it's an idea. An idea that's supposed to be contagious. Bono There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence and energy of her citizens cannot cure. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969) The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced. Frank Zappa England and America are two countries separated by a common language. George Bernard Shaw America is a young country with an old mentality. George Santayana America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused – preferring greatness to power and justice to glory. George W. Bush America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens. George W. Bush America will never run... And we will always be grateful that liberty has found such brave defenders. George W. Bush In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. That is what makes America what it is. Gertrude Stein   What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them. Henry Ford II This is the story of America. Everybody's doing what they think they're supposed to do. Jack Kerouac In a country as big as the United States, you can find fifty examples of anything. Jeffery F. Chamberlain America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy. There are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class. Judith Martin, The thing that impresses me the most about America is the way parents obey their children. King Edward VIII Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were. Cherie Carter-Scott When anger rises, think of the consequences. Confucius If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself: 'I used to be angry every day; then every other day; now only every third or fourth day.' When you reach thirty days offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods. Epictetus Anger at lies lasts forever. Anger at truth can't last. Greg Evans Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry. Henry Ward Beecher Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret. Laurence J. Peter Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change. Malcolm X I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because I get angry. Maxine Waters My parents only had one argument in forty-five years. It lasted forty-three years. Cathy Ladman He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument. Chinese Proverb I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me. Dave Barry Use soft words and hard arguments. English Proverb The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments. Friedrich Nietzsche   The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion. G. K. Chesterton No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other. Jascha Heifetz If you go in for argument, take care of your temper. Your logic, if you have any, will take care of itself. Joseph Farrell Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. Josh Billings Behind every argument is someone's ignorance. Louis D. Brandeis Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing. Oscar Wilde It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them. Pierre Beaumarchais In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth. Publilius Syrus The argument is at an end. Saint Augustine It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument. William G. McAdoo With reasonable men I will reason; with humane men I will plea; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost. William Lloyd Garrison For they are yet ear-kissing arguments. William Shakespeare   [Abstract art is] a product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered. Al Capp Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern. Alfred North Whitehead Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic. Ambrose Bierce Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in. Amy Lowell Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. Andre Gide Let each man exercise the art he knows. Aristophanes I believe that if it were left to artists to choose their own labels, most would choose none. Ben Shahn So you see, imagination needs moodling - long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and puttering. Brenda Ueland I suppose no matter what I'm drawing, there will always be some sort of question in my mind about it. A work of art (even cartoon art)is never really finished; it is abandoned. Brooke McEldowney, I can't criticize what I don't understand. If you want to call this art, you've got the benefit of all my doubts. Charles Rosin, Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature. Cicero Art forms of the past were really considered elitist. Bach did not compose for the masses, neither did Beethoven. It was always for patrons, aristocrats, and royalty. Now we have a sort of democratic version of that, which is to say that the audience is so splintered in its interests. David Cronenberg, Rocketboom, The idea of a mass audience was really an invention of the Industrial Revolution. David Cronenberg, I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues. Duke Ellington Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake. E. M. Forster Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before. Edith Wharton Art is on the side of the oppressed. Think before you shudder at the simplistic dictum and its heretical definition of the freedom of art. For if art is freedom of the spirit, how can it exist within the oppressors? Edith Wharton A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world. Edmond de Goncourt Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that you live, if you do. Elizabeth Bowen Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything. Eugene Delacroix Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. Frank Zappa I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration. Frida Kahlo Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere. G. K. Chesterton A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright   I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic. Lisa Alther, Kinflicks, Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. Lynn Johnston A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug. Patricia Neal Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. William James The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind. William James   A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it. Bob Hope Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners. E. Joseph Cossman A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain. Mark Twain The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason. John Cage I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful. John Constable Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together. Petrarch When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong. R. Buckminster Fuller Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. Albert Einstein   This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop. Alfred Hitchcock Bülent Göksal   EnglishEver © 2008