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Proverbs 4.8 (14)

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01/01/27 Friday “Not all those who wander are lost.”
02/01/27 Saturday “Work expands so as to fill the time available.”
03/01/27 Sunday “Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your doorLink to proverb.”
04/01/27 Monday “Hear all, see all, say nowt, tak' all, keep all, gie nowt, and if tha ever does owt for nowt do it for thysen.”
05/01/27 Tuesday “Brevity is the soul of wit. William Shakespeare.”
06/01/27 Wednesday “Walls have ears.”
07/01/27 Thursday “One kind word can warm three winter months.”
08/01/27 Friday “Better wear out than rust out.”
09/01/27 Saturday “He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon.”
10/01/27 Sunday “A stitch in time saves nine.”
11/01/27 Monday “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.”
12/01/27 Tuesday “Once bitten, twice shy.”
13/01/27 Wednesday “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
14/01/27 Thursday “You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.”
15/01/27 Friday “Less is more.”
16/01/27 Saturday “If it were a snake, it would have bit you.”
17/01/27 Sunday “When in Rome, (do as the Romans do). St. Ambrose 347AD.”
18/01/27 Monday “See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you'll have all day.”
19/01/27 Tuesday “Seek and you shall find.”
20/01/27 Wednesday “Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.”
21/01/27 Thursday “Fight the good fight.”
22/01/27 Friday “The light is on but nobody is home.”
23/01/27 Saturday “You can never/never can tell.”
24/01/27 Sunday “The apple never falls far from the tree.”
25/01/27 Monday “You reap what you sow.”
26/01/27 Tuesday “Waste not want not.”
27/01/27 Wednesday “It is like juggling sand (Ian Murray)”
28/01/27 Thursday “Sometimes we are the student. Sometimes we are the master. And sometimes we are merely the lesson – Jacalyn Smith.”
29/01/27 Friday “If you play with fire, you will get burned.”
30/01/27 Saturday “Too much of a good thing.”
31/01/27 Sunday “Charity begins at home.”
01/02/27 Monday “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
02/02/27 Tuesday “It ain't over till the fat lady sings.”
03/02/27 Wednesday “Never tell tales out of school.”
04/02/27 Thursday “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.”
05/02/27 Friday “The more the merrier.”
06/02/27 Saturday “The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings.”
07/02/27 Sunday “Rain before seven, fine before eleven.”
08/02/27 Monday “It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness.”
09/02/27 Tuesday “If a job is worth doing it is worth doing well.”
10/02/27 Wednesday “All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.”
11/02/27 Thursday “Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.”
12/02/27 Friday “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
13/02/27 Saturday “Handsome is as handsome does.”
14/02/27 Sunday “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
15/02/27 Monday “To err is human; to forgive divine.”
16/02/27 Tuesday “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
17/02/27 Wednesday “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper.”
18/02/27 Thursday “If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.”
19/02/27 Friday “Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away..”
20/02/27 Saturday “Practice makes perfect.”
21/02/27 Sunday “Moderation in all things.”
22/02/27 Monday “Too many cooks spoil the broth.”
23/02/27 Tuesday “Do not spend it all in one place.”
24/02/27 Wednesday “It is easy to be wise after the event.”
25/02/27 Thursday “It goes without saying.”
26/02/27 Friday “Let the buyer beware.”
27/02/27 Saturday “It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.”
28/02/27 Sunday “Money is not everything.”
01/03/27 Monday “Birds of a feather flock together.”
02/03/27 Tuesday “Never cast a clout until May be out.”
03/03/27 Wednesday “There's honour among thieves.”
04/03/27 Thursday “Make hay while the sun shines.”
05/03/27 Friday “Every picture tells a story.”
06/03/27 Saturday “He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.”
07/03/27 Sunday “It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.”
08/03/27 Monday “A fool and his money are soon parted.”
09/03/27 Tuesday “Pearls of wisdom.”
10/03/27 Wednesday “Let the cat out of the bag.”
11/03/27 Thursday “There are two sides to every question.”
12/03/27 Friday “There's always more fish in the sea.”
13/03/27 Saturday “It's better to give than to receive.”
14/03/27 Sunday “Take care of the pennies, and the pounds will take care of themselves.”
15/03/27 Monday “A swarm in May is worth a load of hay; a swarm in June is worth a silver spoon; but a swarm in July is not worth a fly.”
16/03/27 Tuesday “A new language is a new life. Persian proverb.”
17/03/27 Wednesday “If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well.”
18/03/27 Thursday “What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.”
19/03/27 Friday “Love thy neighbour as thyself.”
20/03/27 Saturday “Cowards may die many times before their death.”
21/03/27 Sunday “Thou shalt not kill.”
22/03/27 Monday “Still waters run deep.”
23/03/27 Tuesday “Two wrongs don't make a right.”
24/03/27 Wednesday “Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.”
25/03/27 Thursday “Everything comes to him who waits.”
26/03/27 Friday “Virtue is its own reward.”
27/03/27 Saturday “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it – George Santayana.”
28/03/27 Sunday “Empty vessels make the most noise.”
29/03/27 Monday “If God had meant us to fly he'd have given us wings.”
30/03/27 Tuesday “There's one born every minute.”
31/03/27 Wednesday “Give credit where credit is due.”
01/04/27 Thursday “A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.”
02/04/27 Friday “Let bygones be bygones.”
03/04/27 Saturday “You must have rocks in your head.”
04/04/27 Sunday “Actions speak louder than words.”
05/04/27 Monday “You are never too old to learn.”
06/04/27 Tuesday “Life begins at forty.”
07/04/27 Wednesday “It is a small world.”
08/04/27 Thursday “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.”
09/04/27 Friday “Nothing succeeds like success.”
10/04/27 Saturday “Hope for the best, and prepare for the worst.”
11/04/27 Sunday “A language is a dialect with an army and navy.”
12/04/27 Monday “It's never too late.”
13/04/27 Tuesday “If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.”
14/04/27 Wednesday “The Devil has all the best tunes.”
15/04/27 Thursday “Do not shut/lock the stable door after the horse has bolted.”
16/04/27 Friday “It's the empty can that makes the most noise.”
17/04/27 Saturday “When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash; when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak.”
18/04/27 Sunday “A friend in need is a friend indeed.”
19/04/27 Monday “A friend in need (is a friend indeed)”
20/04/27 Tuesday “Count your blessings.”
21/04/27 Wednesday “(March comes) in like a lion, (and goes) out like a lamb.”
22/04/27 Thursday “Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.”
23/04/27 Friday “Rome was not built in a day.”
24/04/27 Saturday “You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.”
25/04/27 Sunday “One man's meat is another man's poison.”
26/04/27 Monday “The bigger they are, the harder they fall.”
27/04/27 Tuesday “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
28/04/27 Wednesday “If anything can go wrong, it will. Also referred to as Murphy's Law.”
29/04/27 Thursday “Life is not all beer and skittles.”
30/04/27 Friday “There but for the grace of God, go I.”
01/05/27 Saturday “An Englishman's home is his castle/A man's home is his castle.”
02/05/27 Sunday “There is no place like home.”
03/05/27 Monday “Eat, drink and be merry, (for tomorrow we die)”
04/05/27 Tuesday “Tell the truth and shame the Devil (Shakespeare, Henry IV),.”
05/05/27 Wednesday “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.”
06/05/27 Thursday “Third time is a charm.”
07/05/27 Friday “Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.”
08/05/27 Saturday “Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day....”
09/05/27 Sunday “Shrouds have no pockets.”
10/05/27 Monday “To every thing there is a season.”
11/05/27 Tuesday “All's for the best in the best of all possible worlds.”
12/05/27 Wednesday “Every little bit helps.”
13/05/27 Thursday “The best-laid schemes of mice and men often go awry.”
14/05/27 Friday “Give a dog a bad name and hang him.”
15/05/27 Saturday “If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, then Mohammed must go to the mountain.”
16/05/27 Sunday “What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over.”
17/05/27 Monday “Those who know many languages live as many lives as the languages they know. Czech proverb.”
18/05/27 Tuesday “Put your money where your mouth is.”
19/05/27 Wednesday “Do not change horses in midstream.”
20/05/27 Thursday “Do not bite the hand that feeds you.”
21/05/27 Friday “Do not make a mountain out of a mole hill.”
22/05/27 Saturday “Finders keepers (losers weepers)”
23/05/27 Sunday “You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.”
24/05/27 Monday “In for a penny, in for a pound.”
25/05/27 Tuesday “A change is as good as a rest.”
26/05/27 Wednesday “Men get spoiled by staying, Women get spoiled by wandering.”
27/05/27 Thursday “Beware the Ides of March.”
28/05/27 Friday “Many are called but few are chosen.”
29/05/27 Saturday “If wealth is lost, nothing is lost. If health is lost, something is lost. If character is lost, everything is lost.”
30/05/27 Sunday “Adversity makes strange bedfellows.”
31/05/27 Monday “Manners maketh man.”
01/06/27 Tuesday “You pays your money and you takes your choice.”
02/06/27 Wednesday “The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.”
03/06/27 Thursday “Ne'er cast a clout till May be out.”
04/06/27 Friday “Every dog has its day.”
05/06/27 Saturday “You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.”
06/06/27 Sunday “Beauty is only skin deep.”
07/06/27 Monday “Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.”
08/06/27 Tuesday “The customer is always right.”
09/06/27 Wednesday “A prophet is not recognized in his own land.”
10/06/27 Thursday “History repeats itself.”
11/06/27 Friday “He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day.”
12/06/27 Saturday “Let your hair down.”
13/06/27 Sunday “Good things come to those who wait.”
14/06/27 Monday “Different strokes for different folks.”
15/06/27 Tuesday “There's no accounting for tastes.”
16/06/27 Wednesday “Faint heart never won fair lady (Scott),.”
17/06/27 Thursday “Well done is better than well said.”
18/06/27 Friday “If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.”
19/06/27 Saturday “Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
20/06/27 Sunday “If you steal from one author, it is plagiarism; if you steal from many, it is research. Wilson Mizner (1876–1933), American writer and entrepreneur.”
21/06/27 Monday “(The) truth will out.”
22/06/27 Tuesday “A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.”
23/06/27 Wednesday “A woman's work is never done.”
24/06/27 Thursday “Clothes make the man.”
25/06/27 Friday “The bigger, the better.”
26/06/27 Saturday “Attack is the best form of defence.”
27/06/27 Sunday “Know which side (one's) bread is buttered (on)”
28/06/27 Monday “The bread always falls buttered side down.”
29/06/27 Tuesday “The Devil finds work for idle hands to do.”
30/06/27 Wednesday “I'm going to have to give you the pink slip.”
01/07/27 Thursday “Stupid is as stupid does.”
02/07/27 Friday “Do not fish for a shark with your hands, fish for hands with a shark.”
03/07/27 Saturday “Don't throw good money after bad.”
04/07/27 Sunday “The devil makes work for idle hands to do.”
05/07/27 Monday “One good turn deserves another.”
06/07/27 Tuesday “One swallow does not make a summer.”
07/07/27 Wednesday “Do not burn your bridges behind you.”
08/07/27 Thursday “Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.”
09/07/27 Friday “Never too old to learn.”
10/07/27 Saturday “March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.”
11/07/27 Sunday “Silence is golden.”
12/07/27 Monday “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”
13/07/27 Tuesday “Life is just a bowl of cherries.”
14/07/27 Wednesday “Seeing is believing.”
15/07/27 Thursday “The boy is father to the man.”
16/07/27 Friday “Fish and guests smell after three days.”
17/07/27 Saturday “Never say die.”
18/07/27 Sunday “It's best to be on the safe side.”
19/07/27 Monday “You can't teach an old dog new tricks.”
20/07/27 Tuesday “It takes one to know one.”
21/07/27 Wednesday “Into every life a little rain must fall.”
22/07/27 Thursday “Better late than never.”
23/07/27 Friday “Do not teach your Grandmother to suck eggs.”
24/07/27 Saturday “East, west, home's best.”
25/07/27 Sunday “The law is an ass.”
26/07/27 Monday “The female of the species is more deadly than the male.”
27/07/27 Tuesday “East is east, and west is west.”
28/07/27 Wednesday “Laugh before breakfast, cry before supper.”
29/07/27 Thursday “Comparisons are odious.”
30/07/27 Friday “It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.”
31/07/27 Saturday “Give a man rope enough and he will hang himself.”
01/08/27 Sunday “You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink.”
02/08/27 Monday “Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.”
03/08/27 Tuesday “God helps those who help themselves.”
04/08/27 Wednesday “All that glitters/glistens is not gold,.”
05/08/27 Thursday “Business before pleasure.”
06/08/27 Friday “Where there is muck there is brass.”
07/08/27 Saturday “The fat is in the fire.”
08/08/27 Sunday “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”
09/08/27 Monday “If it ain't broke, don't fix it.”
10/08/27 Tuesday “Any port in a storm.”
11/08/27 Wednesday “The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow. William Cowper, English poet (1731–1800)”
12/08/27 Thursday “Money is the root of all evil.”
13/08/27 Friday “Money earned by deceit, goes by deceit.”
14/08/27 Saturday “When three women gather, it becomes noisy.”
15/08/27 Sunday “False friends are worse than open enemies.”
16/08/27 Monday “You may/might as well be hanged/hung for a sheep as (for) a lamb.”
17/08/27 Tuesday “Honey catches more flies than vinegar.”
18/08/27 Wednesday “The english are a nation of shopkeepers.”
19/08/27 Thursday “Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.”
20/08/27 Friday “Do not wash your dirty linen in public.”
21/08/27 Saturday “Judge not, that ye be not judged.”
22/08/27 Sunday “In the midst of life we are in death.”
23/08/27 Monday “There's no need to wear a hair shirt.”
24/08/27 Tuesday “Put your shoulder to the wheel.”
25/08/27 Wednesday “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”
26/08/27 Thursday “Better the Devil you know (than the Devil you do not)”
27/08/27 Friday “One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.”
28/08/27 Saturday “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
29/08/27 Sunday “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
30/08/27 Monday “Flattery will get you nowhere.”
31/08/27 Tuesday “Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.”
01/09/27 Wednesday “If the shoe fits, wear it.”
02/09/27 Thursday “Laughter is the best medicine.”
03/09/27 Friday “All things come to those who wait.”
04/09/27 Saturday “Fish always stink from the head down.”
05/09/27 Sunday “It is the empty can that makes the most noise.”
06/09/27 Monday “Beggars cannot be choosers.”
07/09/27 Tuesday “Time will tell.”
08/09/27 Wednesday “Some are more equal than others.”
09/09/27 Thursday “The moon is made of green cheese.”
10/09/27 Friday “If you give a mouse a cookie, he'll always ask for a glass of milk.”
11/09/27 Saturday “Money makes the world go round.”
12/09/27 Sunday “Love will find a way.”
13/09/27 Monday “Familiarity breeds contempt.”
14/09/27 Tuesday “Early marriage, earlier pregnant.”
15/09/27 Wednesday “Third time lucky.”
16/09/27 Thursday “The best defense is a good offence.”
17/09/27 Friday “Live and let live.”
18/09/27 Saturday “Patience is a virtue.”
19/09/27 Sunday “There's no fool like an old fool.”
20/09/27 Monday “To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.”
21/09/27 Tuesday “The work praises the man.”
22/09/27 Wednesday “Men are blind in their own cause. Heywood Broun (1888–1939), American journalist.”
23/09/27 Thursday “Brevity is the soul of wit.”
24/09/27 Friday “He who can does, he who cannot, teaches.”
25/09/27 Saturday “Softly, softly, catchee monkey.”
26/09/27 Sunday “Do not rock the boat.”
27/09/27 Monday “There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out.”
28/09/27 Tuesday “Attack is the best form of defense.”
29/09/27 Wednesday “Marriages are made in heaven.”
30/09/27 Thursday “A bad penny always turns up.”
01/10/27 Friday “No man is an island.”
02/10/27 Saturday “When the cat's away the mice will play.”
03/10/27 Sunday “Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.”
04/10/27 Monday “There's no smoke without fire.”
05/10/27 Tuesday “Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.”
06/10/27 Wednesday “A miss is as good as a mile.”
07/10/27 Thursday “Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.”
08/10/27 Friday “A watched man never plays.”
09/10/27 Saturday “The grass is always greener (on the other side) (of the fence)”
10/10/27 Sunday “If you think that you know everything, then you're a Jack ass.”
11/10/27 Monday “Whom the Gods love die young.”
12/10/27 Tuesday “All is fair in love and war.”
13/10/27 Wednesday “There is no smoke without fire/Where there is smoke, there is fire.”
14/10/27 Thursday “Shiny are the distant hills.”
15/10/27 Friday “You cannot win them all.”
16/10/27 Saturday “There's no such thing as a free lunch.”
17/10/27 Sunday “Give a man enough rope and he will hang himself.”
18/10/27 Monday “Whatever floats your boat.”
19/10/27 Tuesday “(Only) time will tell.”
20/10/27 Wednesday “Cross the stream where it is shallowest.”
21/10/27 Thursday “Time is a great healer.”
22/10/27 Friday “Of course my horse (trademarked by Guadalupe Schmidt-Mumm)”
23/10/27 Saturday “Don't bite the hand that feeds you.”
24/10/27 Sunday “Do not cry over spilled milk.”
25/10/27 Monday “Two is company, but three's a crowd.”
26/10/27 Tuesday “Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.”
27/10/27 Wednesday “Money talks.”
28/10/27 Thursday “There is safety in numbers.”
29/10/27 Friday “Between two stools one falls to the ground.”
30/10/27 Saturday “It never rains but it pours.”
31/10/27 Sunday “The darkest hour is just before the dawn.”
01/11/27 Monday “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
02/11/27 Tuesday “Youth is wasted on the young.”
03/11/27 Wednesday “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool that to speak and remove all doubt.”
04/11/27 Thursday “Careless talk costs lives.”
05/11/27 Friday “It is what it is.”
06/11/27 Saturday “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.”
07/11/27 Sunday “Finders keepers, losers weepers.”
08/11/27 Monday “Do not put all your eggs in one basket.”
09/11/27 Tuesday “If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.”
10/11/27 Wednesday “Many hands make light work.”
11/11/27 Thursday “Two is company, but three is a crowd,.”
12/11/27 Friday “When it rains it pours.”
13/11/27 Saturday “No guts, no glory.”
14/11/27 Sunday “Turn your face toward the sun and the shadows fall behind you.”
15/11/27 Monday “A golden key can open any door.”
16/11/27 Tuesday “Do not spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.”
17/11/27 Wednesday “A good beginning makes a good ending.”
18/11/27 Thursday “Do not judge a book by its cover.”
19/11/27 Friday “Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.”
20/11/27 Saturday “If it were not for hope the heart would break.”
21/11/27 Sunday “Too little, too late.”
22/11/27 Monday “Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. Trojan War, Virgil in the Aeneid.”
23/11/27 Tuesday “Cold hands, warm heart.”
24/11/27 Wednesday “A soft answer turneth away wrath.”
25/11/27 Thursday “Do not let the grass grow beneath (one's) feet.”
26/11/27 Friday “Least said, soonest mended.”
27/11/27 Saturday “In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.”
28/11/27 Sunday “They that sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind.”
29/11/27 Monday “Do not cross the bridge till you come to it.”
30/11/27 Tuesday “Good things come in small packages.”
01/12/27 Wednesday “For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost.”
02/12/27 Thursday “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Often referred to as the Golden Rule.”
03/12/27 Friday “Absence makes the heart grow fonder .”
04/12/27 Saturday “Let the dead bury the dead.”
05/12/27 Sunday “Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.”
06/12/27 Monday “From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.”
07/12/27 Tuesday “Forewarned is forearmed.”
08/12/27 Wednesday “Nothing is certain but death and taxes.”
09/12/27 Thursday “All the world loves a lover.”
10/12/27 Friday “When you have seen one, you have seen them all.”
11/12/27 Saturday “Do not throw pearls to swine.”
12/12/27 Sunday “He who pays the piper calls the tune.”
13/12/27 Monday “Cut your coat to suit your cloth.”
14/12/27 Tuesday “One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.”
15/12/27 Wednesday “Go the extra mile.”
16/12/27 Thursday “Absolute power corrupts absolutely. John Dalberg-Acton, 1887.”
17/12/27 Friday “Great oaks from little acorns grow.”
18/12/27 Saturday “Two can play at that game.”
19/12/27 Sunday “All hands on deck/to the pump.”
20/12/27 Monday “'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.”
21/12/27 Tuesday “If you cannot be good, be careful.”
22/12/27 Wednesday “Every dog has his day.”
23/12/27 Thursday “It's no use crying over spilt milk.”
24/12/27 Friday “Do not sympathize with those who can not empathize.”
25/12/27 Saturday “Keep your chin up.”
26/12/27 Sunday “If you're growing in age, then you're nearing to the graveyard.”
27/12/27 Monday “Truth will out.”
28/12/27 Tuesday “It is the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.”
29/12/27 Wednesday “It's all grist to the mill.”
30/12/27 Thursday “It's easy to be wise after the event.”
31/12/27 Friday “Don't burn your bridges behind you.”