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Buffybee Tue 04-Dec-18 19:14:51

There seems to be a proverb for every situation in life, my favourite is:

Least said, soonest mended.

Squiffy Sat 08-Dec-18 16:30:16

So do I Annie! A local church used to have a different quotation on their roadside noticeboard every week. They were nearly all good, but this one has always stuck with me for some reason!

Anniebach Sat 08-Dec-18 09:59:57

I like that Squiffy ?

Squiffy Sat 08-Dec-18 09:29:55

The smallest good deed is better than the best good intention!

Anniebach Sat 08-Dec-18 09:21:35

The road to hell is paved with good intentions

Jangran99 Sat 08-Dec-18 08:42:52

I'm follow Kirkintilloch motto
C'a canny but ca' awa!?

Marydoll Sat 08-Dec-18 08:34:24

Oh Jan, are you advocating all that excess behaviour- grin

Jangran99 Sat 08-Dec-18 08:32:58

When in Rome do as the Romans do.

BBbevan Thu 06-Dec-18 20:09:30

Procrastination is the thief of time.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Don't keep all your eggs in one basket.
One swallow doesn't make a summer.

Squiffy Thu 06-Dec-18 10:52:41

Love that Maw tchgrin

Squiffy Thu 06-Dec-18 10:52:07

Old habits die hard.

MawBroon Thu 06-Dec-18 10:16:52

Just seen this - ancient Scottish proverb? grin

Emma49 Thu 06-Dec-18 09:34:24

Two heads are better than one.

Maggiemaybe Thu 06-Dec-18 08:58:24

But look before you leap. smile

Maggiemaybe Thu 06-Dec-18 08:55:27

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Bathsheba Wed 05-Dec-18 22:09:09

Nothing ventured nothing gained.

Melanieeastanglia Wed 05-Dec-18 22:08:15

As one door closes, another one opens

chelseababy Wed 05-Dec-18 20:31:29

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. (Or put off till the day after ......)

MissAdventure Wed 05-Dec-18 20:20:12

Talk's cheap.

Buffybee Wed 05-Dec-18 20:01:05

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

BBbevan Wed 05-Dec-18 19:55:52

That was long ago Buffy in the 1950s. I got 100 lines and had to write out the original Shakespeare quote. We have all moved on now and ' glitters ' is in general use.

Buffybee Wed 05-Dec-18 19:11:09

Hope I don't get my knuckles rapped BBbevan!?

Bathsheba Wed 05-Dec-18 18:49:30

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Bathsheba Wed 05-Dec-18 18:49:03

There's none so blind as those that will not see.

Bathsheba Wed 05-Dec-18 18:48:26

Birds of a feather flock together

Bathsheba Wed 05-Dec-18 18:48:14

See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it go, all the day be full of woe.