Unusual "wise" sayings?

In between the dog and the wolf.

It means between light and day ...between wild and tame ...a grey area ..or twilight.

For domestic peace, it is permissible to erase the name of God. ( really like this one.)

For pious or religious people its bad to erase gods name ...but domestic strife is worse.

If you have to choose between a pious house and a peaceful one you must choose the latter.

No grudges, no revenge.

Don't depend on luck, its a weak man he'll let you down.

A soldier who doesn't dream of being a general is going to die young.

You don’t really see the world if you only look through your own window.

Steer the way the crow flies

One of my favourites.........

One in Kate Bush is worth Ten in the hand

Fine words butter no parsnips.

You can't move forward if you're looking to the past.

Hamsterchops wrote: »

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

My father used to say that regularly.
My uncle used to wink when he heard it and say,
But the birds in the Bush won't **** on your hand!

My grandmother used always say "the bad thing about common sense is that it's not that common". I often say it at work when seeing how other people do things.

From my carpentry apprenticeship years ago, "measure twice, cut once".
I was a slow learner,
"your about as useful as tits on a bull".
I was badly paid too,
"you're as tight as a ducks arse and that's water tight"
I was ugly as well,
"were you in the arse dept when they were giving out the faces"
"if you picked your nose when you were young, you could have picked a better one".

"You have eyes bigger than your belly" my father used to say it to me as a kid.

Better to be late than be dead on time.