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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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Every cloud has a silver lining.

Every bad situation has some good aspect to it.
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Failing to plan is planning to fail.

This modern-day proverb is widely attributed to Alan lakein.
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Faith will move mountains.

Faith is immensely powerful.
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Fight fire with fire.

Respond to an attack by using a similar method as one's attacker.
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The rash or inexperienced will attempt things that wiser people are more cautious of.
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Forewarned id forearmed.

Advance warning provides an advantage.
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Genius is one percent inspiration,ninety-nine percent perspiration.
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Good fences make good neighbors.

Re-establish good relations with people one has disagreed with.
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Great minds think alike.


It is used in the early 17 th century.
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Hard cases make bad law.

Hard,i.e. exceptional, legal cases aren't suitable as the source of generalised laws.
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He who can,does; he who cannot,teaches.

A criticism of the teaching profession,portraying it as second best.
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He who laughs last laughs longest.

This proverb originated in tudor england but,for once, wasn't coined by shakespeare.
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Hell has no fury like a woman scorned.

william congreve,in the mourning bride, 1697
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Honesty is the best policy.

This proverb is first found in the writings of sir edwin sandys.
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If any thing can go wrong,it will.

The so-called law is usually expressed as 'if anything can go wrong,it will'.
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If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

If something is working adequately well, leave it alone.
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If the mountain won't come to mohammed, then mohammed must go to the mountain.
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If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.

Don't persist with a task if the pressure of it is too much for you. the implication being that, if you can't cope, you should leave the work to someone who can.
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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

This proverbial expression dates from the early 19th century.
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It ain't over till the fat lady sings.

Nothing is irreversible until the final act is played out.
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