Subject: Proverbs (Page 4)

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

Proverbs

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.

Family Mothers Proverbs

Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Proverbs Situations

It is better to have an ugly wife for one’s self than a beautiful wife for others.

Appearance Marriage Proverbs Wives

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

Animals Proverbs

If work were good for you, the rich would leave none for the poor.

Proverbs Work

Madness takes its toll; please have exact change.

Communication Language Proverbs

You can put a coat and tie on a goat, and it’s still a goat.

Animals Appearance Proverbs

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

Proverbs

There is not a single proverb in favor of early rising that appeals to the higher nature of man.

(1879 – 1949) Irish writer
Proverbs

Give a man a fish and it will feed him for a day, give the man a fishing rod and he will sell it for more fish, or burn it for firewood.

(1968 – ) English impressionist & comedian
Miscellaneous Proverbs

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

Proverbs

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

Memory Proverbs

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

People Proverbs Women

A good appetite needs no sauce.

Food/Drink Proverbs

Don't sell the skin until you have caught the bear.

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Proverbs

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

Proverbs

Familiarity breeds contempt; but familiarity breeds!

Proverbs Sex

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

Proverbs

The doctor is to be feared more than the disease.

Doctors Health Proverbs

In times of prosperity friends will be plenty, in times of adversity not one in twenty.

Friends People Proverbs