Subject: Proverbs (Page 7)

A courtyard common to all will be swept by none.

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.

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

It is easier to pull down than to build up.

Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come.

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

No one can see their reflection in running water.

To deceive a diplomat speak the truth, he has no experience with it.

Chaste makes waste.

Never buy a car you can’t push.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Always yield to temptation, because it may not pass your way again.

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

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 you would be Pope, you must think of nothing else.

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

To err is human, to forgive is human.

No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients.

A fool and his money are soon partying.

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

Those who have free seats at a play hiss first.