Subject: Proverbs (Page 4)

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

A fool and his money are soon partying.

If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also.

The reverse side also has a reverse side.

Where there are no swamps there are no frogs.

Never ride a burning camel.

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

No one can see their reflection in running water.

The man who can’t dance thinks the band is no good.

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

Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun.

Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries, and you will have a fine pig and a bad child.

In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch no fish.

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

Measure twice, cut once.

Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.

Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.

If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.

It’s always darkest before… daylight savings time.

If all else fails, try the obvious.

Those who have free seats at a play hiss first.