Board index › Off Topic Discussion › Random Discussion

Tell me some proverbs

Page 3 of 5 [ 76 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5  Next

Previous topic | Next topic

CockneyRebel
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 17 Jul 2004
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Posts: 118,420
Location: In my little Olympic World of peace and love

17 May 2025, 11:15 am

Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.


_________________
The Family Enigma


babybird
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 11 Nov 2011
Gender: Female
Posts: 88,948
Location: UK

17 May 2025, 11:33 am

Yeah and:

A fool and his money are easily parted


_________________
We have existence


belijojo
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 4 Dec 2023
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,309

17 May 2025, 11:47 am

pretend a pig to eat a tiger ，keep silent to make a fortune


_________________
For I so loved the world, that I gave My theory and method, that whosoever believeth in Me should not be oppressed, but have a liberated life. /sarc


babybird
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 11 Nov 2011
Gender: Female
Posts: 88,948
Location: UK

17 May 2025, 11:51 am

Might as well hang for a sheep as for a lamb


_________________
We have existence


ToughDiamond
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 15 Sep 2008
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Posts: 14,534

17 May 2025, 1:44 pm

Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor’s nose.



babybird
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 11 Nov 2011
Gender: Female
Posts: 88,948
Location: UK

17 May 2025, 1:45 pm

Let the wind break free
Wherever you may be
In church or in chapel
Let it rattle


_________________
We have existence


ToughDiamond
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 15 Sep 2008
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Posts: 14,534

17 May 2025, 2:29 pm

The cup kills more than the cannon.



babybird
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 11 Nov 2011
Gender: Female
Posts: 88,948
Location: UK

17 May 2025, 2:34 pm

I like the one about a little man dressed in brief authority but I think it's Shakespeare and I don't think it's a proverb but I sort of can see it in life

Here it is:

But man, proud man,
Dress'd in a little brief authority,
Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd—
His glassy essence—like an angry ape
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As makes the angels weep; who, with our spleens,
Would all themselves laugh mortal.

Shakespeare quote


_________________
We have existence


PhosphorusDecree
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 3 May 2016
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,645
Location: Yorkshire, UK

17 May 2025, 2:39 pm

Great minds think alike - fools seldom differ.


_________________
You're so vain
I bet you think this sig is about you


babybird
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 11 Nov 2011
Gender: Female
Posts: 88,948
Location: UK

17 May 2025, 2:40 pm

They have like a bouncy little thing going on with them these proverbs don't they


_________________
We have existence


Retrograde
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 18 May 2023
Gender: Male
Posts: 504

17 May 2025, 3:02 pm

He who farts in church sits in his own pew.



ToughDiamond
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 15 Sep 2008
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Posts: 14,534

17 May 2025, 3:03 pm

babybird wrote:
I like the one about a little man dressed in brief authority but I think it's Shakespeare and I don't think it's a proverb but I sort of can see it in life

Here it is:

But man, proud man,
Dress'd in a little brief authority,
Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd—
His glassy essence—like an angry ape
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As makes the angels weep; who, with our spleens,
Would all themselves laugh mortal.

Shakespeare quote

I think I figured that out as far as spleens, then I got confused. Shakespeare can be a bit WTF at times can't he? But he started it off clear enough. There should be a New English translation like there is for people who can't understand the King James Bible.



ToughDiamond
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 15 Sep 2008
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Posts: 14,534

17 May 2025, 3:03 pm

He who keeps his ear to the ground is bound to get some dirt in it.



babybird
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 11 Nov 2011
Gender: Female
Posts: 88,948
Location: UK

17 May 2025, 3:06 pm

I understand very little of shakespeare but I heard that many years ago and I sort of got it on some level


_________________
We have existence


funeralxempire
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 27 Oct 2014
Age: 40
Gender: Non-binary
Posts: 33,542
Location: Right over your left shoulder

17 May 2025, 4:30 pm

"There are two blessings that many people are deceived into losing: health and free time."


_________________
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. —Malcolm X
Just a reminder: under international law, an occupying power has no right of self-defense, and those who are occupied have the right and duty to liberate themselves by any means possible.


babybird
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 11 Nov 2011
Gender: Female
Posts: 88,948
Location: UK

17 May 2025, 4:56 pm

What's the one about inheriting the earth

I like that one


_________________
We have existence