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Unusual "wise" sayings?
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16-01-2020 03:51PM#1I've always put a lot of stock in common sayings/perceived wisdom. There's a reason they've lasted through the ages.
It's interesting when you hear one that's new to you.
A little while back I was talking about the price of something, dismissing something like an extra 20 quid by buying in one place versus another.
Anyway, bloke tells me "it's not a lot of money, but it's lot when you don't have it!"
Now, whether this even counts as a "saying" or not, I think it's very clever.
It's easy to say 5 euro isn't a lot of money, but try buying something for a fiver less in a shop and you'll find out sharpish how important they think it is
"it's a lot when you don't have it". Nice! Makes you think twice about wasting money, even small amounts.
Any others that mightnt be well known?3
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Woke Hogan wrote: »When I was in the Soviet Union back in the early 1980s I heard that whistling indoors will bring you poverty. It's stuck with me ever since.
Have the Russians something against whistling?
I worked (in a skivvy capacity) for one our former supermarket moguls
When it became obvious that the iron curtain was going to fall and there were huge opportunities in Russia, he went to check the lie of the land.
One night he and his wife went to the ballet. Standing in a queue on the street he began whistling. Door right beside him opened and huge head appears right beside him and said in perfect English "stop whistling"
I asked him what did he do and he just said "I stopped whistling"
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My grandfather was full of wise-sounding sayings.
On people who appear extrovert but are also deep thinkers... the brighter the light, the deeper the shadow.
When he'd be trying to be generous and spoil the grandkids... I'd rather give a gift with a warm hand than a cold one.
When something you couldn't control would happen... You can't control the direction of the wind, so lets just adjust the sails.
On greediness... People who give have everything, people who keep everything have nothing.
I know a lot of Russian sayings, but almost none of them make sense. 0 -
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I've always put a lot of stock in common sayings/perceived wisdom. There's a reason they've lasted through the ages.
It's interesting when you hear one that's new to you.
A little while back I was talking about the price of something, dismissing something like an extra 20 quid by buying in one place versus another.
Anyway, bloke tells me "it's not a lot of money, but it's lot when you don't have it!"
Now, whether this even counts as a "saying" or not, I think it's very clever.
It's easy to say 5 euro isn't a lot of money, but try buying something for a fiver less in a shop and you'll find out sharpish how important they think it is
"it's a lot when you don't have it". Nice! Makes you think twice about wasting money, even small amounts.
Any others that mightnt be well known?
Yer man is like an asses tool, a big fella when he’s out0 -
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