Subject: Proverbs (Page 5)

It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

Beliefs Proverbs

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

Animals Cats Dogs Proverbs

Never rely on the glory of the morning or the smiles of your mother-in-law.

Family Proverbs

The geek shall inherit the earth.

Proverbs Situations

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

Animals Appearance Proverbs

Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day.

Proverbs

A good painter need not give a name to his picture, a bad one must.

Proverbs Work

A noisy cow gives little milk.

Proverbs

If you want something done, ask a busy person.

Proverbs

Sometimes the road is less traveled for a reason.

Activities Proverbs Travel

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

When a rogue kisses you, count your teeth.

Proverbs

The dog’s kennel is not the place to keep a sausage.

Proverbs

Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.

Communication Proverbs

The doctor is to be feared more than the disease.

Doctors Health Proverbs

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

Animals Proverbs

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

Animals Proverbs

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

Intelligence Proverbs Wisdom

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

Children Family Proverbs

No one is listening until you make a mistake.

Beliefs Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Proverbs

When you want to test the depths of a stream, don’t use both feet.

Proverbs