Old Saying Quotes

What can't be cured must be endured.

Ten lands are sooner known than one man.

Young folk silly folk old folk cold folk.

Riches serve a wise man but command a fool.

Poor men seek meat for their stomach rich men stomach for their meat.

The silent dog is the first to bite.

From listening comes wisdom and from speaking repentance.

An indecent mind is a perpetual feast.

In the ant's house the dew is a flood.

Self-praise is no recommendation.

The French have a passion for revolution but an abhorrence of change.

The eyes are the window of the soul.

What is the use of running when you are on the wrong road?

Every time history repeats itself the price goes up.

Living in the past has one thing in its favour - it's cheaper.

There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.

When you live next to the cemetery you cannot weep for everyone.

It is a long lane that has no turning.

There are bearded fools.

Men trip not on mountains they stumble on stones.

A fool's head never whitens.

He who has daughters is always a shepherd.

Danger and delight grow on one stalk .

They talk of my drinking but never my thirst.

He who drinks a little too much drinks much too much.

There is no crisis to which academics will not respond with a seminar.

Today's sales should be better than yesterday's - and worse than tomorrow's.

If you fail to plan you plan to fail.

Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent.

A fence should be horse high hog tight and bull strong.