Tag: wise men
Funny Proverbs and Sayings
Patience will come to those who wait for it.
Man who lives in glass house shouldn’t run naked.
Wife who puts husband in doghouse soon will find him in cathouse.
The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.
Practice makes perfect, but nobody’s perfect, so why practice?
War does not determine who is right, war determine who is left.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
You cannot get to the top by sitting on your bottom.
Virginity like bubble, one prick all gone.
If at first you don’t succeed, get new batteries.
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
A peacock who sits on his tail is just another turkey.
A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.
A bird in the hand is safer than one overhead.
You never test the depth of a river with both feet.
An ideal mind is the best way to relax.
Life is like a sewer… what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.
Parents can tell but never teach, unless they practice what they preach.
Two’s a company, three’s the Musketeers.
Wise men don’t need advice. Fools won’t take it.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
It matters not what you do, as long as you are the best one doing it.
Never underestimate the power of termites.
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
Many complain of their looks, but none of their brains.
Man who sneezes without hanky takes matters into his own hands.
The trouble with being punctual is that nobody’s there to appreciate it.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you must blow your own nose.
A penny saved is not much
Don’t bite the hand that looks dirty.
A miss is as good as a Mister.
Ancient Quotes
Let me share with you some great, famous, ancient quotes. I mean, wise quotes from ancient people.
Being sad with the right people is better than being happy with the wrong ones. – Philippos
I can conceive of two worlds. The world out there and the world within my head. – Philippos
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. – Aesop
It is good to die before one has done anything deserving death. – Anaxandrides
Let us not misunderstand what courage really is. The absence of fear is the courage of the mad. Doing what is right in the presense of fear, is the courage of the noble. – Phillipos
My best dreams and worst nightmares have the same people in them – Phillipos
Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud. – Sophocles
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. – Socrates
They can because they think they can. – Virgil
We are what we repeatedly do. – Aristotle
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. – Plato