English proverbs, sayings and quotes

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We can share English proverbs, quotes etc. and their meaning, let's start ,

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live as if you were to die tomorrow. learn as if you were to live forever.

Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.

it means as the person who would know he is going to die next day will not crave for any material thing, everybody considering himself in the same condition should never yearn for luxurious life and pass a simple life.
But for learning, every bit of knowledge we learn should be learnt in such a manner so that it could last for whole life, no limits for learning.

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If ignorance is bliss, it's folly to be wise.

This proverb aims at the necessity of acquiring as much knowledge as possible. This message is, however, not expressed directly, but ex negative, i.e. implicitly, indirectly. In detail, this means:
*Not knowing anything may, in theory, be considered as the way towards happiness.
*Only if ignorance is the way towards happiness, then gaining a lot of knowledge - being wise - is anything but sensible.
*However, ignorance can never be bliss, i.e. having little or no knowledge can never make people really happy.
Thus, being wise, i.e. gaining a lot of knowledge, is the only way towards happiness (= bliss).

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Soon learnt, soon forgotten.

Something that is learned easily is also forgotten easily.

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Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

If one has the determination to do something, he can always find the path or the means to do it.

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You can’t tell a book by its cover.

One needs to read a book to know if it’s good or bad. One cannot know what it’s like by just looking at the front or back cover. This proverb applies to everything, especially people not only books.

[Ex Member]

Easy comes easy goes.

Very similar that you have posted science24.

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absolutely @Helvio

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A monkey in silk is a monkey no less.

No matter how someone dresses, it's the same person underneath.

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Good and quickly seldom meet.

A well-done job takes time.

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Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.

You must not be too confident that something will be successful.

[Ex Member]

In Brazil's Portuguese we have anoter verssion.

[spoiler=contains profanity]Don't count with the egg in the chicken's ass[/spoiler]

We are a very impolite people. Maybe only the majority. :-\"

Teach

Well today I actually said, "There's many a slip twixt cup and lip."

It means that even when something seems certain, things can still go wrong.

amatsuscribbler

Red sky at night, shepherd's delight, red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Is this understandable to all of you without my explanation?

We should have a nice day today as the sky was very pinky-red last night.

Teach

A good one for me today as I discover that Bootstrap now uses col instead of span.

Colour me confused.

(It basically means the change confused me to start with, because nothing worked on my old template. Grrr!)

amatsuscribbler

Now I'm completely befuddled!! :-S (That's one of my favourite words!)

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Practice makes perfect

Doing something over and over makes one better at it. <:-P

pryfllwyd

many a mickle makes a muckle

lots of small things make a bigger thing

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Grasp all, lose all.

Trying to obtain everything will often result in gaining nothing.

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No pain, no gain.

Nothing is achieved without effort.

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Haste makes waste

If something is done too quickly, it may be done carelessly and need to be redone.

amatsuscribbler

More haste, less speed.

Don't do things too quickly, or it will take you longer in the end!

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Health is better than wealth

It's better to be in good health than to be rich.

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Never put off till tomorrow what can be done today.

Don't postpone until later something you can do now.

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If two ride a horse, one must ride behind.

When two people do something together, one will be the leader and the other will be the subordinate.

amatsuscribbler

Or walk @Science24!

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Saying is one thing, doing is another.

People don't always do what they announce.

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He can who believes he can.

If you believe you can do something, you will be able to do it.

amatsuscribbler

A cat may look at a king.
Anyone can look at anything! But my cats look at me as THEY are the kings! :P

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Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.

What you learn when you are young will be invaluable when your grow old.

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The early bird catches the worm.

If you want to do something successfully, you should do it as soon as you can.