Favorite sayings/proverbs

[Leifmk]

You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.

Pissing your pants only makes you warm for a short time.

 

[squall78]

another fun one: "TRUST BUT VERIFY"

 

[azzaman333]

All year long the grasshopper kept burying acorns for winter, while the octopus mooched off his girlfriend and watched TV. But then the winter came, and the grasshopper died, and the octopus ate all his acorns. And also, he got a racecar.

I find it really teaches you how to live life to the fullest.

 

[Ramius75]

kill a person and you're a murderer.... kill a million and you're a conqueror...

 

[Luckymoose]

USA #1. Perhaps the best one.

 

[Theov]

life sucks, get a hat

edit: i realized this saying could be seen as depressing without the context. it's a great saying when people complain about how unfair life is. life will have good moments, and life will have bad moments. life is random. the next event you encounter could be favorable or unfavorable.

"Life sucks, then you die"
I say it when someone is complaining about something they shouldn't be complaining about.

Which brings me to "don't try to influence things you don't have control over".
Don't put energy in things that you can't control. Sports people use it as "it is what it is".

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

kill a million and you're a conqueror...

Well yes, a 1,000,000:1 K/D ratio is pretty damn impressive for one person.

 

[exhile]

"Ever dance with the devil by the pale moonlight?"

 

[Edgar Allan Bro]

Work smart, not hard.

 

[Omega124]

(Of course, I mean this more of the "challenge me and you'll regret it" more than any political messages)

 

[cybrxkhan]

I like Sun Tzu stuff.

That aside, I also like the one by that Roman writer that went like "All women look beautiful when the candles are blown out." Or something like that.

 

[useless]

Martin Niemöller's famous remark on the matter of persecution (most specifically the Holocaust):

"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak for me."

It is heart-breakingly relevant these days.

 

[MajKira]

All's fair in love and war.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
The customer is always right.

Ignorance is bliss.

Common mal-shortening of "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise.
Thomas Gray, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College"

 

[Skwink]

"Only on Wednesdays"

"Sometimes time flies backwards"

I've based my life off of these phrases.

 

[Edgar Allan Bro]

Martin Niemöller's famous remark on the matter of persecution (most specifically the Holocaust):

"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they went after the homosexuals, and I did not speak up,
Because I was not a homosexual.

Then they went after the Catholics, and I did not speak up,
Because I was protestant.

Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak for me."

It is heart-breakingly relevant these days.

I've always loved that quote, which is why I started twitching when I saw you left out some bits [bolded].



This sums up how I've always tried to live my life: "Try not to become a man of success, but rather a man of value." -Albert Eistein

 

[Narz]

My friend/boss has one he says a lot which has grown on me : "It's a great life if you don't weaken".

 

[amadeus]

Nothing lasts forever.
Don't trust anybody.

 

[Skwink]

Another good one: "Everybody lies".

 

[Ramius75]

here is another one i like to crack...

Spoiler :

There is only 2 tragic in a man's life, Job sucks and wife don't.

 

[Kraznaya]

A witty saying proves nothing. - Voltaire