Subject: Proverbs (Page 3)

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

The woman cries before the wedding and the man after.

A bulldog can whip a skunk, but sometimes it’s not worth it.

The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

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

To err is human, to forgive is human.

You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.

The house that is built after every man’s advice seldom gets a roof.

One should be just as careful in choosing one’s pleasures as in avoiding calamities.

Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it.

Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

A courtyard common to all will be swept by none.

The wages of sin is death – but the working conditions are good.

Let every fox take care of his own tail.

If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much room.

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

Jimmy Carr My father always used to say, ‘What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger’… Until the accident.”

(1972 – ) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer & actor

If youth but had the knowledge and old age the strength.

When the fox preaches, look to the geese.

No call alligator long mouth till you pass him.

Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise.