Favourite Proverbs.

If you can’t say something nice, say nothing.

lemongrove

Notsooldat75

To thine own self be true - Polonius in Hamlet

This was my Grandfather’s favourite too, but he tacked a few words on the end of it....’ but lie like hell to everybody else!’

I think that ( like another poster) ‘many a mickle makes a muckle’ takes some beating, but how about the Yorkshireman’s Prayer:
See all, hear all, say now’t,
Eat all, sup all, pay now’t,
If ever thee does ow’t for now’t
Always do it for tha sen!
( translation?)
See all hear all say nothing, eat all, drink all pay nothing,
If ever you do something for nothing, always do it for
yourself.

No wonder Yorkshire folk have a reputation for being tight lemongrove!

Better to be ‘looked over’ ? than overlooked!

A stitch in time saves nine.

Too many cooks spoil the broth (I’m happy to stay out of the kitchen, sit down and wait to be served).
#lazygran

What goes around comes around (sadly, I don’t believe that, as ne’er do wells seem to thrive on the whole).

9 times out of 10 our worst fears never materialise. (So far, so true).

'Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.' (Oscar Wilde)

'It's a queer bird, the fish'

Notsooldat75

To thine own self be true - Polonius in Hamlet

This was my Grandfather’s favourite too, but he tacked a few words on the end of it....’ but lie like hell to everybody else!’

I think that ( like another poster) ‘many a mickle makes a muckle’ takes some beating, but how about the Yorkshireman’s Prayer:
See all, hear all, say now’t,
Eat all, sup all, pay now’t,
If ever thee does ow’t for now’t
Always do it for tha sen!
( translation?)
See all hear all say nothing, eat all, drink all pay nothing,
If ever you do something for nothing, always do it for
yourself.

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

The higher they are, the harder they fall.

Maybe not my favourite, but wished upon some in my darker moods!

Good people do good things for other people.

Every storm runs out of rain - Maya Angelou

Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. - Rumi

What a great post; many wise words & I have written down a few. Although I still like the response I heard to ‘walk a mile in my shoes....’
I can say what I like then, as you’re a mile away & I have your shoes.

Don't judge a book by it's cover.
What goes around comes around.

If those that matter don't mind ,then those that mind don't matter.

Self praise is no recommendation.

Waste not, want not.

Do as you would be done by.

And not really a proverb, but....

‘Work is the curse of the drinking classes.’ ?
(Oscar Wilde IIRC.)

Progres was alright in the beginning but now it's gone too far.

Ogden Nash

All was going well til someone turned the light off at the end of the tunnel .
It can sometimes be difficult to remember when you are up to your a__e in alligators that your initial objective was to drain the swamp.

Don't worry about things you can't control.

Another piece of graffiti:

"I want to be what I was when I wanted to be what I am now"

I've always remembered this piece of graffiti on a wall, not a proverb exactly...

"The meek don't want it".

Live and let live. Don’t judge a book by its cover, what goes around comes around, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger

Sorry, Never, not Don't !

I love that Sark, very wise. ( Dont judge a man until you have walked a mile in his shoes).

A good soldier never looks behind. As good is a nod or a wink to a blind donkey. A man on a galloping horse wouldn’t see that ( spoken by my mother if I complained about a stained garment). Och, the things you see when you havna got your gun with ye. Are these strictly proverbs? I love them anyway.

‘Life is what happens while you are making plans’. John Lennon

Some days you're a pigeon, some days you're a statue.

We are what our histories make us.

United we stand, divided we fall.

One from the writer, James Thurber - You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over backwards too far.

The only place that luck comes before work is in the dictionary.

Revenge is a dish that is eaten cold