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awesome proverbs

tripledoubletripledouble 7,636 Posts
edited May 2010 in Strut Central
matt groenig compiled these stellar sayings. i need to work these into my regular conversations. any other brilliant and sage musings?The corn is never declared innocent in the court of chickens.- Ewe proverbNow is yesterday's tomorrow.- California proverbGood luck is an eel in a pond of fools.- Russian proverbLove is a dark pit.- Hungarian proverbWealth is like hair in the nose; if much is pulled out, it is painful,if little, it is painful.- Kongo proverbWhen you have pigs in your haversack, everybody seeks your friendship.- Albanian proverbGod often gives nuts to toothless people.- Montenegrin proverbA dragon stranded in shallow water furnishes amusement for the shrimps.- Chinese proverbIf you see ants on the staircase, know there is semolina upstairs.- Moorish proverbTruth is greater than ten goats.- Zogo proverbIf you want to know your friends, lie down in the gutter,pretend to be drunk, and shout strange proverbs.- Columbian proverbAt home, even wood tastes good.- Norwegian proverbDrink beer, think beer.- Rongan proverbBrotherly love for brotherly love, but cheese for money.- Albanian proverbHumans are not pigs; they'll eat anything.- Swedish proverbThe best of the 36 plans is to run away.- Korean proverbEvery day is not Friday; there is also Tuesday.- Persian proverbIn the forest, a skillet sounds like music.- Russian proverbYoung pigs grunt as old pigs grunted before them.- Polish proverbWhen your dog says he will catch an elephant for your dinner,he is deceiving you.- Ibo proverbDo not tell proverbs in the winter;if you do, the toads will visit you.- Cree proverb

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  • tripledoubletripledouble 7,636 Posts
    i was told once of an arab proverb that translated literally to "stop sticking your dick in a dead man's ass"
  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,952 Posts
    When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
    - Yogi Berra
  • highschemehighscheme 784 Posts
    Drunken Life Dreamy Death
  • pcmrpcmr 5,591 Posts
    african proverbs 4 dayz
  • tripledoubletripledouble 7,636 Posts
    where they at?
  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,473 Posts
    Before you criticize somebody, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
  • SoulhawkSoulhawk 3,197 Posts
    if you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with

    - hippie proverb
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
  • The_NonThe_Non 5,691 Posts
    A fool needs to hear an explanation 10,000 times, a wise man only needs to hear it 2,500
    -Mahabharata

    Like a midget at a urinal, stay on your toes
    -Leslie Nielsen
  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,473 Posts
    Like a midget at a urinal, stay on your toes
    -Leslie Nielsen

    Make like a blind man at an orgy and feel things out.
  • pimlicosquirrelpimlicosquirrel 772 Posts
    african proverbs 4 dayz

    Be mindful of your own fingers when you are chewing that of a monkey
  • ladydayladyday 623 Posts
    Shit happens, but that doesn't mean you have to stand in it.
  • covecove 1,566 Posts
    "If you can walk, you can dance; if you can talk, you can sing"
    -Zimbabwean proverb
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