Favourite Proverbs
 

Engage brain before engaging mouth.

As for me I guess (or at least hope) the jury is still out.

David

[URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhVXsBn1pOw[/URL]

Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it. [LIST][*][URL="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean_de_La_Fontaine"]Jean de La Fontaine[/URL], in [I]Fables[/I] Book VIII (1678–1679), Fable 16, The Horoscope[/LIST]

The devil makes work for idle hands.

Idle hands are the devil's playthings.

Never ascribe to malice that which may be adequately explained by incompetence.

"At least, when I'm done masturbating, I've got a little something to show for it." - /George Carlin on voting/

the wolf lose your hair, if not find the egg sought

[QUOTE=cmd;217896]the wolf lose your hair, if not find the egg sought[/QUOTE]
He's crashed again.

Time wounds all heels.

lat_in
 

[QUOTE=Flatlander;217906]He's crashed again.[/QUOTE]

... omnes illo tendunt ad gaudium, sed unde stabile magnumque consequantur ignorant ...

[QUOTE=ewmayer;217915]Time wounds all heels.[/QUOTE]

The grass grows greener over the septic tank.

[quote=Flatlander;217906][quote=cmd;217896]the wolf lose your hair, if not find the egg sought[/quote]He's crashed again.[/quote]
I think he meant this:[B]
il lupo perde il pelo ma non il vizio[/B] ([I]literally[/I]: the wolf can lose its fur but not its bad habits) [LIST=1][*][URL="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/leopard_cannot_change_his_spots"]leopard cannot change his spots[/URL][/LIST][quote=cmd;217919]... omnes illo tendunt ad gaudium, sed unde stabile magnumque consequantur ignorant ...[/quote]
but he zinged back with this Seneca quote (I think):
[URL]http://www.archive.org/stream/adluciliumepistu01sene/adluciliumepistu01sene_djvu.txt[/URL]
[quote]Oinnes, inquam, illi tendunt ad gaudium, sed unde stabile magnumque consequantur, ignorant.[/quote][quote]All men of this stamp, I maintain, are pressing on in pursuit of joy, but they do not know where they may obtain a joy that is both great and enduring.[/quote]Starting with a bad mechanical translation, I suppose, from this seat in the peanut gallery I call it a draw.

thx for tech
 

[QUOTE=only_human;217933]I think he meant this:[B]
il lupo perde il pelo ma non il vizio[/B] ([I]literally[/I]: the wolf can lose its fur but not its bad habits) [LIST=1][*][URL="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/leopard_cannot_change_his_spots"]leopard cannot change his spots[/URL][/LIST]
but he zinged back with this Seneca quote (I think):
[URL]http://www.archive.org/stream/adluciliumepistu01sene/adluciliumepistu01sene_djvu.txt[/URL]
Starting with a bad mechanical translation, I suppose, from this seat in the peanut gallery I call it a draw.[/QUOTE]


those two in one ...
a) wolf does not feed, lapses
b) to try sleeping in the egg shell must break

OHU = i ... ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gevurah_(Kabbalah)"]I = 4[/URL])





[COLOR="LemonChiffon"]( best a poor ass live rather than a rich mathematical dead )[/COLOR]

ohu guessed everything



e ancora it : "u" quando molto molto fortunato se cade precipitando su un pagliaio ... SI PUNGE, infilandosi nel sedere del cammello !

Where there's a will there's a:
a) way
b) won't
c) relative

@only_human
Thank you for the clarification/translation.

[quote=Flatlander;217953]@only_human
Thank you for the clarification/translation.[/quote]
You're welcome (of course). I go hope you didn't feel any implied rebuke; I certainly didn't intend one. The reason I picked only_human as a handle is to remind myself to be humble. I go a little bit wack every once in a while, so to keep my text trail nice and decent, when I don't understand something I try to put the onus upon myself to see if a little Google searching can make things clearer. I love having the world at my fingertips. In that sense it truly is an age of miracles.

"I don't know whether being the world's oldest person is a blessing or a curse. So far, every person who has held that title has died."

we like to do [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067093/quotes"]things right[/URL] with little effort,
for this very use ... Cut and paste







[COLOR="LemonChiffon"]( after "1" the rest being only copy ...
but maybe that copies of copies, to become genuine? )[/COLOR]

[FONT=Courier New]tools created man. man created tools
sןooʇ pǝʇɐǝɹɔ uɐɯ. uɐɯ pǝʇɐǝɹɔ sןooʇ[/FONT]

no race
 

[QUOTE=only_human;218006][FONT=Courier New]tools created man. man created tools
sןooʇ pǝʇɐǝɹɔ uɐɯ. uɐɯ pǝʇɐǝɹɔ sןooʇ[/FONT][/QUOTE]

ʎoʇ ssǝlǝsn ʎluo plnoʍ "n" ɟo puɐɥ pɹıɥʇ

intent, continually setting the bars (the caged) Meanwhile turns ...

"u" said that in his words


( it )

intento, continuamente, fissando le sbarre, (l'ingabbiato)
intanto gira ...

"u" detta detto nei suoi detti


[COLOR="Blue"]( Contribuisci a una traduzione migliore: )[/COLOR]

This isn't really a proverb, but I'll post it anyway:

"God made grass, man made booze. Who do you trust?"

[quote=R.D. Silverman;217926]The grass grows greener over the septic tank.[/quote]The scum always floats to the top.

w L(it)B
 

[QUOTE=ewmayer;217915]Time wounds all heels.[/QUOTE]


... not exist even a wheel that does not pit ...

it ( [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GywwGHGYHvE&feature=PlayList&p=5B234670FC99B868&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=11"]Lucio Battisti[/URL] ) s.d.

Remember the Golden Rule:

"He who has the gold, makes the rules."

kiiiing Miiiidas
 

[QUOTE=Oddball;218383]Remember the Golden Rule:

"He who has the gold, makes the rules."[/QUOTE]


King Midas had to be very "cautious" in touch balls



( it ) "lo scettico : il mio regno per un cav[B][I][COLOR="Red"]i[/COLOR][/I][/B]llo"

[URL="http://www.proverbi-italiani.com/cerca-266-I.html"]untranslatable[/URL]

With my editing...

Great minds discuss what is right and what is wrong. Small minds discuss who is right and who is wrong.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

[URL="http://www.filosofico.net/Antologia_file/AntologiaO/ORAZIO_%20CARPE%20DIEM.htm"]carpe diem[/URL]

( Orazio )


carpe diem ... prima che diem carpe te

( it_u )

[quote=cmd;218417][URL="http://www.filosofico.net/Antologia_file/AntologiaO/ORAZIO_%20CARPE%20DIEM.htm"]carpe diem[/URL][/quote]carpe jugulum.

blood green
 

[QUOTE=xilman;218421]carpe jugulum.[/QUOTE]


cosa dire, il matematico dracula, al barista :

buon sangue non mente



what to say, the mathematician dracula, the bartender:

good blood does not lie

xa
 

[QUOTE=only_human;218403]A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.[/QUOTE]


not be worse deaf than be dead.

[quote=petrw1;217937]Where there's a will there's a:
a) way
b) won't
c) relative[/quote]

d) bush.

It is easier to be wise for others than for oneself.
-- La Rochefoucauld

A lot of people think they are generous because they give away free advice.
-- La Retourcouche

[quote=__HRB__;218788]-- La Retourcouche[/quote]

*schenkelklopf*

[quote=ckdo;219080]*schenkelklopf*[/quote]Gesundheit!

my favorite proverb | ? fajaya and question. this proverb i use again
and again. because its my favorite and see beautiful.
:smile:

You'll find you can make some people lose their temper just by keeping yours.

The devil walks in clouted(sp?) shoes. (the devil walks in quiet shoes)

Song lyric: To win your life, you must lose it, and all the losers get a crown.

Edit: There are those that feel lost, friendless and broken, it is those that Jesus and the angels cheer for extra hard.

(Made that last one up)

If[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial] you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
You are missing something very, very important.
[/FONT][/COLOR]

Never put off 'til tomorrow wha

[QUOTE=Flatlander;219192]Never put off 'til tomorrow wha[/QUOTE]

You put off finishing your sentence but not pressing "Submit Reply"? :razz:

[QUOTE=Mini-Geek;219193]You put off finishing your sentence but not pressing "Submit Reply"? :razz:[/QUOTE]

Yes. I did that yesterday.

Mind the pennies and the dollars will watch themselves

[quote=only_human;219196]Mind the pennies and the dollars will watch themselves[/quote]A penny saved is ridiculous.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.

If somebody wants me to do something I don't want to do I just say:

[I]I want to do it but not as much as I don't want to.[/I]

[quote=xilman;219197]A penny saved is ridiculous.[/quote]
Penny wise pound foolish.
An ounce of prevention has zero street value (ok, I just made that one up)

Dollars are getting useless too. Lots of merchants don't want to receive bills larger than twenties but those don't buy much either. Also, the merchants roll their eyes if you try to provide exact change and many of them can't mentally process (and are unwilling to punch in the numbers for the machine to tell them) you giving them inexact change to receive simple coins arrangements back.

[quote=only_human;219241]Penny wise pound foolish.
An ounce of prevention has zero street value (ok, I just made that one up)

Dollars are getting useless too. Lots of merchants don't want to receive bills larger than twenties but those don't buy much either. Also, the merchants roll their eyes if you try to provide exact change and many of them can't mentally process (and are unwilling to punch in the numbers for the machine to tell them) you giving them inexact change to receive simple coins arrangements back.[/quote]

If you order a Pizza (in Germany) from a Pizza delivery service it's not custom to give tips. They almost always have not enough change so they are trying to force you to give a tip.

They tried this several times. Last time I said: "That's not my problem."

Giving a tip voluntary is fine if you want it but these methods aren't fair.