Favourite proverbs?

[Kate!]

Do you have any favourite proverbs that you like to say, or find interesting/amusing?

I like "treat others as you would be done by". It's a great motto to try and live by, and to aspire to. :)

Another I like is "every cloud has a silver lining", nice optimistic one that.

Then there are daft ones ..... Like "while the cats away, the mice will play." Truth is the bloody cat returns eventually and the poor mice end up living in fear once more. Tis a cruel world.

My absolute favourite, and one that is so so true, is "what goes around comes around." I believe in this wholeheartedly, Karma exists and what you put out there, be it good or bad, will always come back to you in the end. My nan used to say this a lot, she was a quiet woman, but very wise. :)

What proverbs do you like?

[Jake.]

I love ones involving Karma and stuff

[Mystic Mock]

What goes around comes around is a very true saying, even if it doesn't happen straight away something will happen to the person in the end.

[InOne]

I don't get why people see like sayings as "An eye for eye, a tooth for a tooth" as negative, could interpret it as looking out for one another

[Iceman]

Life's a Bitch, Then you Marry one, Then you Die.

[Mystic Mock]

Life's a Bitch, Then you Marry one, Then you Die.

A sad but true fact, although im never getting married.:joker:

[Josy]

Life's a dick, **** it!

[Mystic Mock]

Life's a dick, **** it!

Girls here we come.:joker:

[Shaun]

"Scott if you send me one more PM I swear to God I'm getting the mace out" has been incredibly useful on here.

[Redway]

Just had a look at a similar thread I made in July and got this one.

"Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time."

Chinese proverb that. Brilliant one... although now I feel like roast duck.

[Kate!]

Life's a dick, **** it!

:laugh: I had to double check it was actually Josy posted this, for some reason I expected it to be Scott.

[Mystic Mock]

:laugh: I had to double check it was actually Josy posted this, for some reason I expected it to be Scott.

Because Josy's getting down with the pervy group of me and Scott.:dance::devil:

[Kate!]

"Scott if you send me one more PM I swear to God I'm getting the mace out" has been incredibly useful on here.

:nono: that's not a proverb. Although it is funny :D

[Lee.]

God, my mum is the proverb queen! She has one for every situation..

I cant think of many of them just now mind you apart from.. "To err is human, to forgive is divine" and "if you fly with the crows, you get shot with them" (always her way of warning me not to get in with a bad crowd!:D

[Iceman]

God, my mum is the proverb queen! She has one for every situation..

I cant think of many of them just now mind you apart from.. "To err is human, to forgive is divine" and "if you fly with the crows, you get shot with them" (always her way of warning me not to get in with a bad crowd!:D

I like that, so much so it's now my FB status.:joker:

[Lee.]

I like that, so much so it's now my FB status.:joker:

:wavey: How are you?

If I sit and think I could probably give you one of my mums proverbs every day for about a year!

[Josy]

God, my mum is the proverb queen! She has one for every situation..

I cant think of many of them just now mind you apart from.. "To err is human, to forgive is divine" and "if you fly with the crows, you get shot with them" (always her way of warning me not to get in with a bad crowd!:D

My mum used to say that to me all the time

[Iceman]

:wavey: How are you?

If I sit and think I could probably give you one of my mums proverbs every day for about a year!

Im good, just back from Edinburgh still feeling the effects.....How are you?

I love people like that. I think you pick them up as the years go on.

[Lee.]

Im good, just back from Edinburgh still feeling the effects.....How are you?

I love people like that. I think you pick them up as the years go on.

Yeah, I'm really good thanks.. Had a disastrous start to the year, but the summer has been good despite it pissing down for about 3 months now :mad:

Where about in Edinburgh were you?

[Lee.]

My mum used to say that to me all the time

Anotherof my mums is "a mickle maks a muckle" which means if you save or I suppose do a little bit at a time, it all mounts up. I take it that's a Scottish one though?

[Iceman]

Yeah, I'm really good thanks.. Had a disastrous start to the year, but the summer has been good despite it pissing down for about 3 months now :mad:

Where about in Edinburgh were you?

We stayed in the city centre. Have someone from my family managing a bar there so didnt really move at all from there. My summers been the same as yours then, the year has been improving.....

[Lee.]

We stayed in the city centre. Have someone from my family managing a bar there so didnt really move at all from there. My summers been the same as yours then, the year has been improving.....

What bar? :suspect:

Tell me, it's ok.. I won't go in demanding free drinks because I'm a really good friend of Eoin's... promise :D

[Kate!]

Don't go out in the dark with a black umbrella.
Never bite a badger on the arse.
Don't lick yellow snow.
Strangers are just people you haven't met yet.

[Kate!]

Don't go out in the dark with a black umbrella.
Never bite a badger on the arse.
Don't lick yellow snow.
Strangers are just people you haven't met yet.

[Iceman]

What bar? :suspect:

Tell me, it's ok.. I won't go in demanding free drinks because I'm a really good friend of Eoin's... promise :D

I'll Pm you haha.

[fruit_cake]

when you try to spit upwards, it falls down on your face

[Pyramid*]

God, my mum is the proverb queen! She has one for every situation..

I cant think of many of them just now mind you apart from.. "To err is human, to forgive is divine" and "if you fly with the crows, you get shot with them" (always her way of warning me not to get in with a bad crowd!:D


There's another one about apples not falling too far from the tree - like attracts to like.



Good things come to good people. I kinda like that one, it's very positive.

[Marc]

"Always make sure the pig is away before you start to have sex"
Has gotten me through a lot of sticky situations, that one.

[Pyramid*]

"Always make sure the pig is away before you start to have sex"
Has gotten me through a lot of sticky situations, that one.

:joker:

[Kizzy]

walk a mile in another mans shoes, (to warn against being too judgemental)

[Marc]

-feels enlightened and a better person because of this thread-

How dare you all do this to me, I'm going to go push a granny into traffic and steal sweets off a child to restore the natural balance of things.

[Pyramid*]

Slowly slowly, catcheee monkey. I like that one!

[Kizzy]

And it harm none, do as you will marc...:nono:

[Pyramid*]

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”

Rather wistful one from Mark Twain....


Then there's

Man who scratches ass should not bite fingernails

[Kizzy]

Slowly slowly, catcheee monkey. I like that one!

Do you mean softly softly catchy monkey pyra? ;)

[Marc]

What does softly softly catchy monkey even mean

[Pyramid*]

Do you mean softly softly catchy monkey pyra? ;)


No. I meant what precisely what I wrote. Slowly, slowly..... it's a very common saying Kiz.

[Pyramid*]

What does softly softly catchy monkey even mean

No idea.


slowly slowly catchy monkey means basically: be patient and you will get what you want / to achieve.

[Marc]

I haven't got time to wait for my lottery win :idc:

[Pyramid*]

I haven't got time to wait for my lottery win :idc:


:joker:


Never put off what you can do today Marc!!

[Kizzy]

my other faves are ..
give them enough rope and they will hang themselves
and
pissing in the wind (talking to some people is like this :)

[Kizzy]

Z1svDnKkwXs

"Softly, softly, catchee monkey". It is an Ashanti (Ghana) proverb quoted by Lord Robert Baden-Powell, Founder of the Boy Scouts.
From the people of Ghana, Baden-Powell learnt the phrase `softly softly catchee monkey' - and he learnt that he could get the best work out of his force by dividing it into small groups, or patrols, and giving responsibility to the captain of each group.

It's discussed in Eric Partridge's "Dictionary of Catch Phrases." Partridge says it means "Gently does it!" and probably appeared in the late 19th century. Origin is hazy because the phrase was largely "neglected by the editors of the relevant works of reference." Partridge quotes a paraphrase by Wilfred Granville, "Dictionary of Theatrical Terms" (1952): "Stalk your prey carefully; or, generally, to achieve an object by quiet application."

[Pyramid*]

Z1svDnKkwXs

"Softly, softly, catchee monkey". It is an Ashanti (Ghana) proverb quoted by Lord Robert Baden-Powell, Founder of the Boy Scouts.
From the people of Ghana, Baden-Powell learnt the phrase `softly softly catchee monkey' - and he learnt that he could get the best work out of his force by dividing it into small groups, or patrols, and giving responsibility to the captain of each group.

It's discussed in Eric Partridge's "Dictionary of Catch Phrases." Partridge says it means "Gently does it!" and probably appeared in the late 19th century. Origin is hazy because the phrase was largely "neglected by the editors of the relevant works of reference." Partridge quotes a paraphrase by Wilfred Granville, "Dictionary of Theatrical Terms" (1952): "Stalk your prey carefully; or, generally, to achieve an object by quiet application."


Kizzy..... you need to accept that your view is not the only one.

It originates from a Chinese proverb. The English version is known as slowly slowly.


You are very transparently trying to start an argument because I chose to use 'slowly slowly' rather than what you want me to use...... lighten up Kiz.

[Pyramid*]

This one is so true... funny but true!

Yes, madam, I am drunk. But in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.

Winston Churchill

[Kizzy]

http://www.kipling.org.uk/rg_kim_notesF.htm
[Page 408, line 26] Softly—softly A note of caution, meaning 'move with care' — from the Chinese proverb: “Softly, softly catchee monkey". This suggests that slow and steady wins the race or the prize; thus, this is the way to attain a particular goal, in this case, Paradise.

You said you didn't know what it meant pyra, I was trying to enlighten you, please don't start a war of words on kates thread.
Right or wrong you use whatever phrase you like.

[Pyramid*]

http://www.kipling.org.uk/rg_kim_notesF.htm
[Page 408, line 26] Softly—softly A note of caution, meaning 'move with care' — from the Chinese proverb: “Softly, softly catchee monkey". This suggests that slow and steady wins the race or the prize; thus, this is the way to attain a particular goal, in this case, Paradise.

You said you didn't know what it meant pyra, I was trying to enlighten you, please don't start a war of words on kates thread.
Right or wrong you use whatever phrase you like.



I say tomato...you say toma -toe.

Aint happening Kizzy....the only person trying to inflame anything here is you - so let's not have you pretending otherwise.

I put up a quote and you are the only person making a big issue out of it. It's incredibly sad that you are ripping one person's choice of quote to bits: searching for you tube links, wiki entries - for what purpose? One upmanship?

It's a quote Kiz. It's not world word III. :D

[Kizzy]

I say tomato...you say toma -toe.

Aint happening Kizzy....the only person trying to inflame anything here is you - so let's not have you pretending otherwise.

I put up a quote and you are the only person making a big issue out of it. It's incredibly sad that you are ripping one person's choice of quote to bits: searching for you tube links, wiki entries - for what purpose? One upmanship?

It's a quote Kiz. It's not world word III. :D

What?
I had never heard of slowly slowly...only softly softly,
not sure why you are twisting my posts to make me sound confrontational.
This conversation is over.

[joeysteele]

I really like the saying that goes, ''it is better to keep quiet and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt''.

I also like the saying, Jedward said on CBB last year, '' those that mind don't matter and those that matter don't mind''.

[Pyramid*]

I really like the saying that goes, ''it is better to keep quiet and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt''.

I also like the saying, Jedward said on CBB last year, '' those that mind don't matter and those that matter don't mind''.

LOL.. Livia had the Latin version of that quote on her signature a while back .... !! :joker:



Great minds discuss ideas. Good minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.... pretty apt for a forum designed primarily to discuss people on the BB show.

[InOne]

"The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget."

[Pyramid*]

"The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget."


Oh.... that one I like very much.

[Livia]

Trust is like a mirror; once it's broken, you'll never truly be able to repair the damage.

Pride comes before a fall.

[Pyramid*]

Trust is like a mirror; once it's broken, you'll never truly be able to repair the damage.

Pride comes before a fall.

Very true.




I like this one

Never get mad at one who knows more than you do. It's not his fault, but yours. Lot of truth in that one too.

[Livia]

The wise man doubts often, and his views are changeable. The fool is constant in his opinions and doubts nothing, because he knows everything, except his own ignorance

[Niamh.]

I like :

Treat others the way you would like to be treated I try to stick to this as long as those others treat me properly of course ;)

[Niamh.]

The wise man doubts often, and his views are changeable. The fool is constant in his opinions and doubts nothing, because he knows everything, except his own ignorance

Oh I like that one, so true

[Kazanne]

Some of mine are
never count your chickens,till they hatch
treat others as you would like to be treated
people in glass houses should never throw stones
he who laughs last,laughs loudest

[Kizzy]

As ye sow so shall ye reap.

[Pyramid*]

I like :

Treat others the way you would like to be treated I try to stick to this as long as those others treat me properly of course ;)


I often find that that is one that people tend to say they like and that they 'strive' to do.



Mud thrown is ground lost - that's a fairly accurate one.

[Pyramid*]

As ye sow so shall ye reap.


Here's another version Kiz....

One reaps what one sows and the sowing of kindness is life's best investment.

[Niamh.]

As ye sow so shall ye reap.

Oh yes that's a good one, very true also

[Pyramid*]

Those who can, do. Those who can't, criticize

[Pyramid*]

Too many parents are not on spanking terms with their children :D

[Kizzy]

power corrupts, total power corrupts totally

[Kizzy]

Here's another version Kiz....

One reaps what one sows and the sowing of kindness is life's best investment.

Are you doing what you told me NOT to do yesterday pyra :conf:

[Pyramid*]

power corrupts, total power corrupts totally


Poor mods.... wee bit harsh. :(

[Pyramid*]

Are you doing what you told me NOT to do yesterday pyra :conf:

Nope, I am not attempting to correct you nor am I implying you are wrong, as you did with me.

I offered a longer version of the same saying.

[Lee.]

I love Buddhist/Dalai Llama proverbs so much that I try to live my life by them and in fact, if I were to turn to any religion, it would be Buddhism..


When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'

Dalai Lama

[Kizzy]

Nope, I am not attempting to correct you nor am I implying you are wrong, as you did with me.

I offered a longer version of the same saying.

No it is not, it is a load of rubbish from an american bible bashing website and is in no way a recognised saying or proverb...Are you going to continue to goad me?...I really hope not pyra

[Pyramid*]

I love Buddhist/Dalai Llama proverbs so much that I try to live my life by them and in fact, if I were to turn to any religion, it would be Buddhism..


When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'

Dalai Lama


good quote there.

though there is a slight exception when it comes to shoes........ no woman can ever have enough shoes!

[Lee.]

Oh in fact... that reminds me of another favourite of mine;

Health is wealth

So true

[Jake.]

Give a twat some bricks, he will use them as weapons. Give a man some bricks, and he will use them as tools... or something like that, I can't remember.

[Kizzy]

I love Buddhist/Dalai Llama proverbs so much that I try to live my life by them and in fact, if I were to turn to any religion, it would be Buddhism..


When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'

Dalai Lama

Have you heard of a book called 'Affluenza' by Oliver James?
Your quote really reminds me of it, it's a brilliant read :)

[Pyramid*]

“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”




“Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”

[Lee.]

Have you heard of a book called 'Affluenza' by Oliver James?
Your quote really reminds me of it, it's a brilliant read :)
No! But I shall go and have a look right now.. I'm always looking for good book recommendations :)

[Jake.]

Out of the frying pan and into the fire
Age is a very high price to pay for maturity

[Marc]

An Irish in the pub, another in the rug.

[Niamh.]

A ginger is a liar, throw him in the fire :idc:

[Lee.]

:laugh2:

[Pyramid*]

No it is not, it is a load of rubbish from an american bible bashing website and is in no way a recognised saying or proverb...Are you going to continue to goad me?...I really hope not pyra


If I wish to put up a saying that appeals to me, I'm perfectly entitled to do so Kiz - whether you happen to like that particular saying or not, or from where it comes: is not my issue - but yours.

[Iceman]

An Irish in the pub, another in the rug.

A ginger is a liar, throw him in the fire :idc:

I hate you both.

[Josy]

I hate you both.

:joker:

[Pyramid*]

“I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.”

Groucho Marx




That always makes me smile.

[armand.kay]

"when in doubt dicks out"

[Niamh.]

I hate you both.

:laugh:

[Kate!]

"when in doubt dicks out"

:laugh2: oh dear.

[Kizzy]

If I wish to put up a saying that appeals to me, I'm perfectly entitled to do so Kiz - whether you happen to like that particular saying or not, or from where it comes: is not my issue - but yours.

Did I say you wasen't :conf:
It had nothing to do with the one I posted is all I meant. Can we drop this now please?

[King Gizzard]

He who eats the lamb smells of raisins