Subject: Proverbs (Page 4)

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

The loveliest of faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy.

All cats love fish but hate to get their paws wet.

If you scatter thorns, don’t go barefoot.

The doctor is to be feared more than the disease.

There is no thief like a bad book.

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

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

What the mulla says, you must do; what he does, you must not do.

When all men say you are an ass it is time to bray.

Those who have free seats at a play hiss first.

In a closed mouth, flies do not enter.

When in doubt, gallop!

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

If you want something done, ask a busy person.

The one who snores will fall asleep first.

Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.

Don't squat with your spurs on.

Memory and teeth grow weaker with time.

Jealousy and love are sisters.