Subject: Proverbs

Proverbs:

Short sayings that express a simple truth based on experience or common sense and often offer practical advice. Here are some humorous ones.

May you come to the attention of the authorities.

There is no thief like a bad book.

One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.

The doctor demands his fees whether he has killed the illness or the patient.

There’s many a slip twixt the cup and the lip.

Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7th of your life.

Don't squat with your spurs on.

If the baby is happy, don’t try to make it happier.

In a closed mouth, flies do not enter.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.

A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it's better to be thoroughly sure.

If your time ain’t come, not even a doctor can kill you.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Never mess up an apology with an excuse.

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.

It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall.

In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed are kings.

A guest sees more in an hour than the host in a year.

Measure twice, cut once.

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband, while a man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

The best way to get praise is to die.