Wise sayings and such...

From my nan's autograph book (early 1900s)

'If I die remember me, but if that becomes a burden forget me'

Children/childhood...Sam Levenson

'The simplest toy, on which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.'

Idiot ...Ambrose Bierce

'Idiot, a member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling.'

Technology...Anonymous

'To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.'

Grannybug, yes I think its not a bad mantra, can imagine my Grandma saying it....she was old school blunt and to the point but never malicious or spiteful.

Hilda W your posting me reminded me of something my mother used to say to me ' if you have nothing good to say about someone then say nothing at all' . I still hear her say it if I am considering saying something that isn't perhaps the kindest about someone else.

Soop

grandmac

On seeing /hearing of those less fortunate.........There but for the grace of God go I....
usually shortened in my house to "there but...." My children immediately knew what I was thinking!

Righteousness...Chinese proverb

'If there is righteousness in the heart,
there will be beauty in character.
If there is beauty in character,
there will be harmony in the home.
If there is harmony in the home,
there will be order in the nation.
If there is order in the nation,
there will be peace in the world.'

My Mums was 'least said soonest mended'.....she loathed all this modern attitude about talking stuff through over and over......must say I have come to realise that in some circumstances its not a bad idea. Somethings are best just forgotten and forgiven.

Laughter ...Arnold Glasgow

'Laughter is the tranquiliser with no side effects.'

Tact...Abraham Lincoln

'Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.'

Wrong...Kin Hubbard

'The man wo says 'I may be wrong, but...' does not believe there can be any such possibility.'

Economy...Anthony Hope

'Economy is going without something you do want in case you should, some day, want something you probably won't want.'

Soop, absolutely love those two.

Religion...Franz Rosenzweig

'Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction'

Neurosis... Radio Doctor

The psychotic person knows that two and two make five and is perfectly happy about it; the neurotic person knows that two and two make four, but is terribly worried about it'

Home

A little house well filled,
A little land well tilled
A little wife well willed

In Praise Of Ale

He that buys land buys many stones;
He that buys flesh buys many bones;
He that buys eggs buys many shells;
But he that buys good ale buys nothing else.

Blessed are the cracked for they let in the light.

If a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing badly.

If you are going to do as you would be done by, make sure the person you are doing by wants to be done by the same way that you do.

My dad wrote this in my autograph book, when I was about 12. Don't have the autograph book, (or my dad), but this is the one thing in the book that has stayed with me.
Don't look for the faults, as you go through life,
and even if you find them,
It's wise and kind, to be sometimes blind,
and look for the virtues behind them.

My dad incidentally was a lovable rogue, who lived on the edge of the law. I was the light of his life.

jeni yes it's Donne but not quite a misquote:
"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main."

But I was going to say 'Women hold up half the sky'........

Do not walk behind me,I may not want to lead,
Do not walk in front I may not wish to follow,
But walk beside me and be my friend.

I think I have that in the right order.

kitty I recognised them immediately

Do the job that's nearest,
Though it's dull at whiles,
Helping when you meet them,
Lame dogs over stiles.

Life is a struggle, not a race,
A wise man keeps an even pace.

The following is from a 50p carboot bargain . It's a small teapot minus it's lid now looking very lovely as a vase for old fashioned marigolds.

There would be no shadows,
If the sun were not shining.

Seize fortune by the forelock

Could be...on the other hand maybe not. I shall have to think about the consequences of what it is that I'm trying to say as I would hate to have my whatevers misconstrued.

We have to free half of the human race, the women, so that they can help to free the other half.
Emmeline Pankhurst

Is that your favourite Wise Saying, soop?

Plain English Martin Cutts and Chrissie Maher

'Gobbledygook is the methodology deployed by governmental bureaucracies, specifically designed to ensure that the simplest of instructions is encased in a plethora of treacherous sub-clauses, adverbial phrases and cross references with the result that the recipient is left baffled, bemused and confused'

Hunt