A Word to the Wise

What are your favorite proverbs and expressions of wisdom?

If English is not your first language, then tell us a proverb in your own language. Translate it to English. We'll tell you if your translation is grammatically correct.

Please list one proverb at a time. If you want to, tell us why you like this proverb and why it is a favorite of yours.


<Edited because: I left out a word.

[ProudToBeMuslim]

VERY GOOD IDEA.
I WILL TRY TO TRANSLATE SOME PROVERB OF URDU .
good night.

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by TALKtown

What are your favorite proverbs and expressions of wisdom?

If English is not your first language, then tell us a proverb in your own language. Translate it to English. We'll tell you if your translation is grammatically correct.

Please list one proverb at a time. If you want to, tell us why you like this proverb and why it is a favorite of yours.

"No good deed goes unpunished." +|

[Tdol]

Twixt stirrup and ground, mercy he sought and mercy he found.

[ProudToBeMuslim]

What are your favorite proverbs and expressions of wisdom?

One thing is confusing here... :?
what is the difference b/w Proverb and Idioms.
Actually in urdu we have 3 different types of words/phrases named "Zarbul misal", "Mahawaray" and "Kahawatay".

If i am not wrong,

"A friend in need is a friend indeed" is a expression of wisdom
"To blow onc's own trumpet" is a Idiom

Expression of Wisdom= "Kahawatay"
Proverb=Mahawaray or may be Zarbul misal...
Little confuse about it.

[ProudToBeMuslim]

He who haS taught me a single word made me his slave..

I translated it in English. :)

Around the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran. (An object lesson in the dangers of obsessive behaviour)

The quick brown fox jumped over the.....thingie. ( But, WHY?)

Now is the time, the walrus said, etc etc etc. (An excellent DMC starter)

To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock
In a pestilential prison with a life-long lock
Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock
From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big, black block. (Wakes up the mouth and avoids thibilanth problemth)

Aye..., two, Brutus. (Excellent for ordering beers in a crowded bar)

Able was I ere I saw Elba. (Dunno, except it seems to indicate a penile erection problem)

Never under-estimate the intelligence of Fred and Freda Fewclothes. (A timely warning for those addressing the Fewclothes family)

Originally Posted by ProudToBeMuslim

He who have taught me a single word made me his slave..

I translated it in English. :)

I would write it in English this way: It was he who taught me a word that made me his slave.

or-

He that teaches me a word makes me his slave.


:) 8)

[Tdol]

You could say
(He) Who has taught me a word has made me his slave.

Originally Posted by tdol

You could say
(He) Who has taught me a word has made me his slave.

That's definitely better. How about putting it in the present?

He who teaches me a word makes me his slave.