"Man who eat many prunes get good run for money"

Or just google for "ancient chinese proverbs" and get tons of them

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked
something.

When everything is coming your way, you''re in the wrong lane.

Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.

Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.

Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don''t have film.

Eagles may soar, but weasels don''t get sucked into jet engines.

If at first you don''t succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

If at first you don''t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn''t for you.

A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.

Experience is something you don''t get until just after you need it.

For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.

The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread.

The severity of the itch is proportional to the reach.

To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is
research.

The sooner you fall behind, the more time you''ll have to catch up.

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you''ve never tried
before.

A fool and his money are soon partying.

Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow.

If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of payments.

Drugs may lead to nowhere, but at least it''s the scenic route.

Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.

Borrow money from pessimists-they don''t expect it back.

A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.

On the other hand, you have different fingers.

Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.

You can''t have everything. Where would you put it?

Smoking cures weight problems...eventually...

There aren''t enough days in the weekend.

If you had a million Shakespeares, could they write like a monkey?

If you tell a joke in the forest, but nobody laughs, was it a joke?

This isn''t all true.

If a word in the dictionary were mispelled, how would we know?

If God dropped acid, would he see people?

There''s a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore looking like an
idiot.

"Like all good things, it starts with a monkey.."

"This sentence no verb."
"This message only exists if you read it."
"This fortune doesn''t exist, so you must be going crazy."

"Never mock the cookie." (refering to fortune cookies)

"You will find the cheat mode item in dungen 3, after you leave you will find out who''s cheating."

"game over"

Alright, good stuff there monkeyman, and everyone else. The fortune table continues to grow...

EDIT: Hit submit too soon.



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[edited by - VertexNormal on October 24, 2003 4:29:32 PM]

"Fortune 1 - the statement on fortune 2 is false"
"Fortune 2 - the statement on fortune 1 is true"

"Did you find the other fortune?" (if you eat the cookie)

"This message will self destruct in five..."

"What benifit does murdering poor, defensless fortune cookies have for you."

"The fortune cookies will have their revenge."

"Mary had a little lamb... and then she had some rice."

quote: Original post by RichardMV
"Mary had a little lamb... and then she had some rice."

lol, I heard that one as: "Mary had a little lamb, you''ve heard this one before; but did you know she passed her plate and had a little more?"



Anyway, here''s my file of collected proverbs. Some of them have been customized to my alien race so you may have to rephrase them. Or just ignore those.


It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious. -Oscar Wilde

Man, became man through work, who stepped out of the animal kingdom as transformer of the natural into the artificial, who became therefore the magician, man the creator of social reality, will always stay the great magician, will always be Prometheus bringing fire from heaven to earth, will always be Orpheus enthralling nature with his music. Not until humanity itself dies will art die. -Ernst Fischer

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be. -William Hazlitt

Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved. -Immanuel Kant

Man is not content to leave things as they are but must always be changing them, and when he has done so, is seldom satisfied with the result. -Elspeth Huxley

When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their sublimity nor their baseness. There are no limits in either direction apparently. Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long. -George Bernard Shaw

Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health. -Carl Jung

Man''s real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so. -Edgar Allan Poe

You cannot dig a new hole by digging your current one deeper.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

One man’s devil is another man’s angel.

Fortune favors the bold. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

If you go unusual places you will find unusual things.

The lord helps those who help themselves.

Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.

Not all that glitters is gold.

Occam’s razor.

Hanlon’s razor.

Two heads are better than one, but too many cooks spoil the broth.

Better an open enemy than a false friend.

A friend who is not tolerant is not a friend.

You can’t run with the hare and hunt with the hound.

If you play with fire, you may get burnt.

An alpha male with no family is not really an alpha male.

Who would have the fruit must climb the tree.

Beneath every ant is the whole of the Earth.

Beautiful hands are those that do.....
deeds that are noble, good, and true.

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

The distinction between a manager and a leader is as broad as the distance between control and inspiration.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another; he that is content in himself will be content everywhere.

Opportunity is often inconvenient

I climbed up the door
Opened the stairs
I said my pajamas
And put on my prayers
I switched off the bed
And climbed in the light
All because he kissed me goodnight.

We do not see things as they are.
We see them as _we_ are.

A brook would lose its song if God removed the rocks.

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle .

A careless word may kindle strife.
A cruel word may wreck a life.
A timely word may level stress.
A loving word may heal and bless.

A crisis is a problem that, once you decide it''s hopeless, you still can''t give up on it.

Telling a little lie is like being a little pregnant.

Be careful of the words you say.
And keep them soft and sweet.
For you never know from day to day.
Which ones you''ll have to eat.

Anger opens the mouth and shuts the mind.

As a rule,
Man''s a fool.
When it''s hot,
He wants it cool.
And when it''s cool,
He wants it hot,
Always wanting
What is not.

Ask a question, you''re a fool for three minutes; do not ask a question, you''re a fool for the rest of your life; if you''re clever you can find the answer without asking and avoid appearing foolish entirely; but if you assume incorrectly you make an ''ass'' of ''u'' and ''me''.

A shepherd shears his sheep and both profit; a greedy shepherd skins his sheep and both die.

Be tender to the young, compassionate to the aged, tolerant with the weak. For in your life you will be all of these.

Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.

Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves, they will never cease to be amused.

A charming man can get the answer yes without asking a clear question.

Compromise: the art of dividing a cake so that everybody believes he or she got the biggest piece.

He who chatters to you will chatter of you.

Without wisdom, wealth is worthless.

You are not fully an adult until you know what it’s like to fall in love.

He who thinks of the end at the beginning will not be sorry at the end. Forewarned is forearmed.

Cruelty deserves no mercy.

Hedonya come in every color. From each according to his abilities, to each according to his taste.

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck…

The most beautiful flower is not the sweetest; roses also have thorns.

The element of surprise. Divide and conquer. Surround and subdue.

You can’t get blood from an apple, no matter how red it is.

Don’t bite the hand that feeds you. Return kindness with kindness.

Other times, other manners.

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.

Power must be earned.

A good reputation is worth a fortune.

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.

Familiarity breeds contempt, but everyone loves a mystery.

A good follower will dance to any tune you play well, and a good tune even if you play poorly.

Forbidden fruit is sweeter.

Think three times, listen twice, speak once; build your thoughts like a tapestry and choose your words like pearls. Information is power; therefore collect secrets.

A smile greases a sale.

Don’t kill the messenger.

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.

If you try to carry too many baskets you will drop them all.

Trying to run in two directions at once is a recipe for a fall.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Don’t set a dog to guard your dinner.

To err is human. Not every battle can be won.

If only one branch is needed don’t cut down the whole tree.

The most dominant alpha of one clan may bow his head away from home.

Take what you can get and don’t cry for what you can’t have.

A man given an inch will see if he can take a yard.

Heydonya of a color will squabble, but Hedonya of different colors may fight to the death.

If you want a thing done just so, simplest is to do it yourself.

A debt is as bad as a slave collar.

Learn to walk before attempting to run. Attempting to run in two directions at the same time is a recipe for a fall.

An acorn is a small thing, but you can’t grow an oak without it.

The proper fruit of knowledge is action.

Painting a Hedonya red will not make him brave.

A stitch in time saves nine later.

He that respects nothing is respected by no one.

Haste breeds error, but better quick and dirty than clean and too late.

Threatening with a large rock is a sign of intending not to throw.

Wearing velvet gloves makes it difficult to pounce on opportunities.

Play is as necessary as work, but best is when the two are the same.

In chaos there is opportunity.

Better a lie that heals than a truth that hurts.

If pride keeps you from turning a profit, you will soon have nothing to be proud of.

A thing suddenly lacked is suddenly loved.

Honey catches more flies than vinegar.

Force only cultivates obedience; it is kindness that cultivates loyaty.

The sky is falling? Well then, we shall have larks for dinner.

Crying over past errors leaves your eyes too red to spot present opportunities.

Ill fortune comes to all men in time, therefore cultivate loyal friends who will shield you from it.

Opportunities are like mice. Be a cat.

Man is a social animal.

You can fool all of the people some of the time, you can fool some of the people all of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time. A reputation for dishonesty makes a man’s speech unpersuasive; therefore make it your habit to always tell the truth, that when you must lie you will be believed.

It is better to bend than to break

One Law for the Lion & Ox is Oppression

The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptile of the mind.

Patience is a virtue. Good things come to those who wait.

Heed actions before words.

Necessity makes invention and strange bedfellows.

It takes all kinds to make a world.

All cats are grey in the dark.
D
on’t put all you eggs in one basket, or count them before they’re hatched.

You can’t win them all.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Appearances are deceptive; an ape’s an ape a varlet’s a varlet, though he be clad in silk or scarlet.

A storm now brings sun later.

An army marches on its stomach.

Life is short, and art is long, yet half-trained we must all forge on.

Rumors fly faster than bids, and multiply more enthusiastically than rabbits.

Bad workmen blame their tools.

It takes two to tango.

Providence favors the well-prepared.

Beggars can’t be choosy.

Even the best-laid schemes often go awry. Accidents will happen.
When two troublemakers marry people say, better one house filled than two spoiled.

It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Trying to walk in two directions at the same tie (two animals in one yoke), you will fall.

Work for the best, prepare for the worst, and expect nothing, and you will always be content.

BRAG is a good dog, but HOLDFAST is better.

None but the brave deserve the fair.

Let men be never so willing and industrious, they cannot make bricks without straw.

The worth of a thing is what it will bring.

If you can’t be good, be careful.

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.

Let all that comes to your mill be grist, and all that comes to your net be fish.

Half a loaf is better than none.

History repeats itself, and there’s nothing new under the sun.

Fair and softly go far in a day.

Every man has his worth and his price. Ask from each man according to his ability, offer to each according to his taste.

Dirty water will quench a fire just as well as clean.

It takes a diamond to cut a diamond.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Love will find a way; it laughs at locksmiths.

Don’t disdain the small folk; a mouse may save a lion.

There is safety in numbers.

One step at a time.

Take what you can get.

Courtesy is cheap. (Civility costs nothing.)

Time and tide wait for no man.

Many a true word is spoken in jest or wine.

Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

Circumstances alter things.

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

A man is known by the company he keeps.

Don’t cut your nose off to spite your face.

Cut your coat according to your cloth.

Make it your policy always to tell the truth; then men will believe you when you lie.