Tell me some proverbs

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Lime flying high brings a wince to the eye.

Whisky and beer makes you feel queer.

I only recently learned what it means. I would love to use the phrase to see the confusion on people's faces when they tell me how to do something I already know.

Only crying babies have milk.
Used to rationalize discrimination against introverts.

"It's the squeaky wheel that gets oiled."

Sad but true. The quiet ones get ignored.

Its Polish equivalent of it is "teach not the father how to make babies".

"Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig" - Robert Heinlein

One swallow does not a summer make

I'm not sure that these are proper proverbs, but here goes:

1) A little bird was flying during a blizzard. It was so cold that the bird couldn’t fly anymore and fell down and landed near some barn. While lying down helpless on the ground, a cow came by and crapped on him. The poop was so warm that the little freezing bird started warming up and feeling better. The bird was so happy to feel warm that he started to sing. A cat heard the bird singing and followed the voice until he found the bird, where he dug him out and ate him.

Morals of the story:

Not everybody who s**ts on you is your enemy.

Not everybody who digs you out of the s**t is your friend.

When you’re in deep s**t, don't tell everyone about it.

2) Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. Therefore, it doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle: when the sun comes up, you’d better hit the ground running.

Yeah not sure either but I like them

They're like little fables

I don't remember where I came across the first, but I distinctly remember reading the second in The Economist about 1990 or so.

Never join a club that would have someone like you as a member.

Customers are not as smart as sellers.
Remind people that sellers often pretend to lose money

There is no party that will never end

I thought I was in the rude thread then