Subject: Proverbs (Page 2)

When a rogue kisses you, count your teeth.

Proverbs

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Communication Fools Intelligence Proverbs Speech

Cutting off a mule's ears doesn't make it a horse.

Appearance Proverbs Situations

The doctor is to be feared more than the disease.

Doctors Health Proverbs

If you want something done, ask a busy person.

Proverbs

When all men say you are an ass it is time to bray.

Proverbs

Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.

Beliefs Intelligence Proverbs Understanding

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

Proverbs

A father is a banker provided by nature.

Family Fathers Proverbs

If you want breakfast in bed, sleep in the kitchen.

Eating Food/Drink Proverbs Situations Sleep

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

The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.

Proverbs

The church is near, but the road is icy; the bar is far away, but I will walk carefully.

Alcohol Food/Drink Proverbs

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

Animals Proverbs

You can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar, but either way you’ve got flies.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor
Proverbs

Don't stand behind a coughing cow.

Miscellaneous Proverbs

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

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

People Proverbs Women

A bird in the hand is usually dead.

Animals Proverbs

One of life’s greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn’t good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world.

Children Family Marriage Proverbs

There’s many a slip twixt the cup and the lip.

Alcohol Food/Drink Proverbs