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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Many a little makes a mickle.

Many small amounts accumulate to make a large amount.
I always knew that looking back on my tears would someday make me laugh, but I never knew that looking back on my laughter I miss you.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A literal meaning,that the truth is often found in comic utterances.
Good Friends Are One In A Million.
Good Friends Are Stories To Share.
Good Friends Know The Path To Your Happiness And They Walk With You.
Marry in haste,repent at leisure.

This proverbial saying was first expressed in print by william congreve.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Great things may come from small beginnings.
The love of money is the root of all evil.

Often misquoted as money is the root of all evil.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Literal meaning be misinterpreted somewhat as this phrase is commonly misreported.
Necessity is the mother of invention.

Difficult situations inspire ingenious solution.
needs must when the devil drives.

Necessity compels.In current usage this phrase is usually used to express something that is done unwillingly but with an acceptance that it can't be avoided.
Tommorro is another day.

The last line of the american civil war novel gone with the wind.
Truth is stranger than fiction.

This proverbial saying is attributed to, and almost certinly coined by,lord byron,in the satirical poem juan,1823
Truth will out.

The truth will become known eventually.
Two heads are better than one.

Two people may be able to solve a problem that an individual cannot.
Pears for your heirs.

An adage to encourage us to think long-term and look after future generations.
When in rome,do as the romans do.

It is polite,and possibly also advantageous, to abide by the customs of a society when one is a visitor.
where there's muck there's brass.

Where there are dirty jobs to be done there is money to be made.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

don'p pay someone to do a task and then do it yourself.
women and children first.

The seafaring command that women and children be the first to board the life boats when a ship abandoned.
You are what you eat.

The notion that to be fit and healthy you need to eat good food.

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