THE BOOK OF
PSAYINGS
The wisdom of adages
Psaying 5A
A is for Adages that can help you live better,
2And more wisely too,
3Because there’s a lot of wisdom in old adages like the ones I live by,
4Such as,
5bA penny saved is a penny earned,
6cPenny-wise and pound-foolish,
7dA fool and his money are soon parted,
8eA bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,
9fMake hay while the sun shines,
10gA stitch in time saves nine,
11hThere’s no fool like an old fool,
12iThere’s more than one way to skin a cat,
13jYou can’t teach an old dog new tricks,
14kAn apple a day keeps the doctor away,
15lEarly to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise,
16mYou can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink,
17nDon’t throw the baby out with the bathwater,
18If wishes were horses,obeggars would ride,
19pThose who forget their history are doomed to repeat the qcourse,
20rClothes make the man,
21sOnce burned, twice shy,
22tMoney is the root of all evil,
23uAll work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,
24Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me,
25vAnother day, another dollar,
26wCheaters never win,
27xMoney can’t buy happiness,
28yHaste makes waste,
29zTime waits for no man,
30aaIdle hands are the devil’s plaything,
31bbIt takes one to know one,
32ccBoys will be boys,
33ddStuff a cold and starve a fever,
34eeIt’s the early bird that gets the worm.
35ffA friend in need is a friend indeed,
36ggDon’t put off till tomorrow what you can do today,
37hhSpare the rod and spoil the child,
38iiDon’t cry over spilt milk,
39jjBuild a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door,
40kkBirds of a feather flock together,
41Don’t believe anything you read, and only half of what you see,
42llIf it sounds too good to be true, it probably is,
43mmIt is more blessed to give than to receive,
44Which is probably the best one,
45If you can manage to live up to it.
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