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Proverb
Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow.
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Saying in High School (reverse of another done intentionally)
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Original BN [V303] crossed ot. Replaced with current classification.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROCRASTINATION ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
The fellow who comes into a bar optimistically, leave misty-optically.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DRUNK ; HUMOR ; Jest ; Maxim ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PROVERB ; PUN ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Never explain: Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
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Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Karle, Joseph Jr
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; enemies ; FRIENDS ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today.
Lazy man's version:
Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow.
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Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Karle, Janet
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; LAZY ; Maxim ; PROCRASTINATION ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
A word to the wise is sufficient.
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Original BN [V600] crossed out. replaced with current classification.
Where learned: Karle, Joseph Jr
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
He who laughs last, laughs best.
Submitter comment:
Told to me by my mother, 1956-57, in New York.
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Original BN [C880.400] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Laugh ; Laughter ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Omen:
There are old pilots / And there are bold pilots / But there are never old, bold, pilots.
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This is taught to pilots early in their training - beware of being too confident - never step out of the realm of your experience.
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Original BN [P870] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Keyword(s): AGE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bold ; Maxim ; Old ; OMEN ; Pilot ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Step on a crack. Break your mother's back.
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Where learned: HOME ; ILLINOIS ; Goldberg, Ross ; 9049 Ewing ; SKOKIE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Back ; Crack ; Maxim ; MOTHER ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
No fool like an old fool
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Keyword(s): AGE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Fool ; Maxim ; Old ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Death is nature's way of telling you to slow down.
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Original BN [V200] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: Barrett, Joan
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DEATH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
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Where learned: Barrett, Joan
Keyword(s): Absence ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; HEART ; LOVE ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.
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Where learned: Barrett, Joan
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cup ; Lip ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; SLIP ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Man proposes and God disposes
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Where learned: Barrett, Joan
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Disposal ; Dispose ; God ; Maxim ; Proposal ; Propose ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
A job worth doing is worth doing well
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From - uncertain
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Ted
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
There's nothing certain but death and taxes.
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From - Uncertain
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Ted
Keyword(s): Absolutes ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Certainty ; DEATH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Taxes ; Uncertainty ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
A penny saved is a penny earned.
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From - Uncertain
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Mary Ann
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; COIN ; Earn ; Maxim ; MONEY ; Penny ; PROVERB ; Save ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Speech of John F. Kennedy:
..."Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."
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J.F.K.'s closing remarks of his inaugural speech in 1960.
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Where learned: Gotti, Judy
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; CHIASMUS ; Maxim ; PRESIDENT ; PROVERB ; SPEECH ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Better Late than Never
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Where learned: Dziekiewicz, Ana
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Late ; Maxim ; Never ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
If at first you don't succeed; try, try again.
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Learned from her mother
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Shontz, Debbie
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Succeed ; SUCCESS ; Try ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
It is better to give than to receive.
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From - Uncertain
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Mary Ann
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |