Equality | |
After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. 9 likes | |
All who have died are equal. — American Indian proverb ‐ Comanche 5 likes | |
Prison | |
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time. (first publ. Dave Grusin and M. Ames) 4 likes | |
Crime | |
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time. (first publ. Dave Grusin and M. Ames) 4 likes | |
Murder | |
Better the mother of the killer than the mother of the killed. 5 likes | |
Stealing | |
A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. 8 likes | |
He who steals an egg will steal an ox. 7 likes | |
Crowds | |
Two's company, but three's a crowd. 4 likes | |
Arms & Weapons | |
God grant me a good sword and no use for it. 4 likes | |
Germans | |
God made the man, devil made the German. 9 likes | |
Communication | |
Bad news travels fast. 3 likes | |
Information | |
No news is good news. 5 likes | |
Photography | |
A picture is worth a thousand words. (first appeared in 1921, in an article by Fred R. Barnard in the advertising trade journal Printers' Ink) 4 likes | |
False Appearances | |
All hat and no cattle. 4 likes | |
The habit doesn't make the monk. 3 likes | |
Questions | |
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer. 4 likes | |
Ask no questions and hear no lies. 3 likes | |
Revelations | |
The husband is always the last to know. 6 likes | |
Walls have ears. 3 likes | |
Truth & Lies | |
The truth can walk around naked; the lie has to be clothed. 28 likes | |
Truth gives a short answer, while the lie usually babbles. 7 likes | |
The truth surfaces like oil on water. 6 likes | |
The liar is not believed even when he tells the truth. 5 likes | |
Though not true, well said. Se non e vero, e ben trovato. 5 likes | |
Words | |
Words should be weighed and not counted. 5 likes | |
Knowledge | |
Even if you know a thousand things, ask someone who knows better. 6 likes | |
Curiosity | |
Curiosity killed the cat. 4 likes | |
Books | |
Never judge a book by its cover. 4 likes | |
If you believe everything you read, better not read. 4 likes | |
Hypotheses | |
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. 4 likes | |
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