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.

Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.

Pray, pray very much; but beware of telling god what you want.

Better late than… pregnant.

When the fox preaches, look to the geese.

Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

Some of the most well-trodden roads lead nowhere.

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

It is not a fish until it is on the bank.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice… prepare to die.

Measure twice, cut once.

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

A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel.

American proverb

There is hope as long as your fishing-line is in the water.

A dog is wiser than a woman; it doesn’t bark at its master.

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

Chaste makes waste.

Timing has an awful lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

Friends are like fiddle-strings and they must not be screwed too tightly.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.