Wednesday, 15 February 2023

Proverbs, Maxims, Adages...

The beauty of proverbs, axioms, maxims.... is that within the few short and simple words, there is a huge amount of wisdom, carried down through generations, some through centuries. Some might sound cliché, but they are also deep truths (as clichés tend to be).

Keep a few of these phrases in mind, and pepper your conversation with them when opportunities arise. Your friends will be impressed with you.

The best mirror is an old friend. - Unknown

Work has a bitter root but a sweet fruit. - Unknown

A great fortune is a great slavery. - Unknown

Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get. - Spanish Proverb

When the music changes, so does the dance. - West African Proverb

The best armour is to keep out of range. - Italian Proverb

A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder. - Thomas Carlyle

When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge. - Unknown

Don’t stay long when the husband is not at home. - Japanese Proverb

Fortune favours the bold. - Virgil

Every man is the architect of his own fortune. - Sallust

He that loves to be flattered is worthy o’ the flatterer. - Shakespeare

The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends. - Cicero

Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise. - Wendell Phillips

Be silent, or let thy words be worth more than silence. - Pythagoras

We'll never know the worth of water 'till the well goes dry. - Scottish Proverb

Two heads are better than one. - Polish Proverb

By labour, fire is got out of a stone. - Dutch Proverb

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly. - Christian Nestell Bovee

Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. - Saint Augustine

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