Good proverbs

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If you say you will love a person all your life, is saying a candle will continue to burn all your life

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My poverb will be "Time and Tide Wait for No Man".
Proverb:

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.


Meaning:

Try any route to get out of a desperate situation, no matter how unlikey it is to succeed.
A fish rots from the head down.

Meaning:

when an organization or state fails,it is the leadership that is the root cause.
A fool and his money are soon parted.

Meaning:

Literal meaning.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.

This one is known to every one
A golden key can open any door.

Meaning.

Money can open any door.
A good beginning makes a good ending

This is some times true some times it may be wrong
A good man is hard to find

A modern-day proverb, espousing the difficulty of finding a suitable male partner.
A house divided against itself cannot stand

Literal meaning (house meaning household).
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
A leopard cannot change its spots.

The notion that things cannot change their innate nature.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A small amount of knowledge can mislead people into thinking that they are more expert than they really are.
A little of what you fancy does you good.

Meaning

A euphemistic way of expressing the benefit of sexuality.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client

Meaning

similar meaning.
A miss is as good as a mile.

A miss as bad as a wide miss-they are both misses.
A nod is as good as a wink.

To a person who is ready to understand or undertake somethin,any suitable signalling of it is sufficient context is usually of some undertaking that is borderline illegal or of sexual innuendo.
A penny saved is a penny earned.

It is a useful to save money that you already have as it is to earn more.
A picture is worth a thousand words.

A picture tells a story just as will as a large amount of descriptive text.
A place for every thing and everything in its place.

The notion that everything should have a place to be stored in and that it should be tidily returned there when not in use.
A rolling stone gathers no mass

someone who does not settle in one place rarely prospers.

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