Subject: Proverbs (Page 3)

One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.

Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.

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

Even a dog knows the difference between being tripped-over and kicked.

It is easier to pull down than to build up.

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

For every proverb that so confidently asserts its little bit of wisdom, there is usually an equal and opposite proverb that contradicts it.

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

The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion.

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

Experience is a comb which nature gives us when we are bald.

Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.

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

Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

Live with wolves, and you learn to howl.

If you want something done, ask a busy person.

We grow too soon old and too late smart.

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

Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it.

Never mess up an apology with an excuse.

Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.