This may be attributed to Benjamin Franklin. If wishes were horses, pigs would fly. Alternative Version: Be thankful of what youve got. Talk the hind legs off a donkey. Gospel of Matthew 26:41
Possible Interpretation: Do not look for faults in a something recieved as a gift. Better the devil you know than the devil you don't. Clothes make(th) the man. Associated with Camapanology (Quotation from a Church belltower). Because then you are a mile away and you have his shoes. Alternative: Red sky at night: sailor's delight. Red sky in the morning: sailor take warning.
Heaven protects children, sailors and drunken men. Great minds think alike, but insanity speaks all languages. - John Parry The English are a nation of shopkeepers (attributed to Napoleon) Boys will be boys. Beauty is only skin deep. In the Bible, John 8:32. Variant: Ask and ye shall receive People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. In order to get where you want to go, you frist have to leave where you are.
A creaking door hangs longest. and A creaking gate hangs long. Hope springs eternal. --Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man A lie has no legs. You will not rise to the occasion, you will default to the level of your training
Gospel of Matthew 26:41 Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Where one door shuts, another opens. Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. Beauty may open doors but only virtue enters. The more you know, the less you need. A creaking door hangs longest. and A creaking gate hangs long.
Patience is a virtue. It's often a person's mouth broke their nose. A little knowledge is dangerous. Drink deep, or taste not the puritan waters The only free cheese is in the mouse trap. -Russian saying A word spoken is past recalling. Good men are scarce.
Life begins at forty. There are no Facts; only interpretations of Facts. This is often misstated as the proof is in the pudding. Jove but laughs at lover's perjury. Money for old rope. This has a parallel in Chaucer, Murder will out. Interpretation: If you are going to do something, do it right. This may be attributed to Niccolo Machiavelli.
Also: Don't shut the gate after the horse has bolted. Many hands make light work. It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. If the shoe fits, wear it. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Paraphrased from The Mourning Bride, act i, scene i, by William Congreve. If the dog hadn't stopped to take a #### in the woods, he would have caught the rabbit. A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on. If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it probably needed fixing anyway. The truth shall set you free, or The truth will set you free. Practice does not make perfect but a perfect practice makes perfect. Abbreviation: Speak of the devil. Give respect take respect.