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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it never rains but it pours.

When troubles come they come together.
Its all grist to the mill.


All things are a potential source of profit or advantage.
An ill wind.

A negative effect.

The use of ill wind is most commonly in the prase its an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
It's better to give than to receive.

I have shewed you all things,how that so labouring ye ought t support the weak,and to remember the words of the lord jesus
Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

Its just have the literal meaning.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Hope and anticipation are often better than reality.
The early bird catches the worm.

Success comes to those who prepare will and put in effort.
Jack of all trades.

A man who can turn his hand to many things.
Keep your chin up.

Remain cheerful in a difficult situation.
Keep your powder dry.

Be prepared and save your resources until they are needed.
Less is more.

The notion that simplicity and clarity lead to good design.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Do not hold on to your anger for more than one day.
Life begins at forty.


Life begins to be better in one's middle age.
Life's not all beer and skittles.

Beer and skittles is shorthand for a life of indulgence spent in the pub.
Look before you leap.

Check that you are clear what is a head of you before making a decision that you cannot go back on.
Love is blind.


This was coined by Shakespeare and was quite a favorite line of his.
love thy neighbour.

For this,thou shalt not commit adultery,thou shalt not kill,thou shalt not steal,thou shalt not bear false witness
Make hay while the sun shines.

Make the most of one's opportunities while you have the choice.
Man does not live by bread alone.

Physical nourishment is not sufficient for a healthy life;Man also has spiritual needs.

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