Topic 49

Topic 49            Proverbs

1.  [Actions] speak louder than words.

2.  [Not to advance] is to go back.

3.  Better be alone than in bad company

4.  [Anger] punishes itself.

5.  [The shortest answer] is doing.

6.  [An apple a day] keeps the doctor away.

7.  Keep evil at arm’s length.

8.  Do not put all your eggs in one basket.

9. [Early to bed and early to rise] makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

10.  [Well begun] is half done.

11.  [Seeing] is believing.

12.  [A bird in hand] is worth two in the bush.

13.  [Birds of the same feather] flock together.

14.  Once bitten, twice shy.

15.  [You] cannot draw blood out of a stone.

16.  [Brevity] is the soul of wit.

17.  [The last straw] breaks the camel’s back.

18.  [Care and diligence] bring luck.

20.  Catch not the shadow and lose the substance.

21.  [Caution] is the eldest child of wisdom.

22.  [Charity] begins at home.

23.  [Cleanliness] is next to Godliness.

24.  [Truth] fears no colour.

25.  [Diligence] is the mother of good luck.

26.  [Diet] cures more than doctor.

27.  Eat to live but live to eat.

28.  [That which begins in God’s name] never ends ill.

29.  [Every sin] brings its punishment with it.

30.  [No extreme] will hold long.

31.  [Face] is the index of the mind.

32.  [Eye] is the pearl of the face.

33.  [Facts] are stubborn things.

34.  [Failures] are pillars of success.

35.  [Fanned fire and forced love] never did well.

36.  [Faults] are thick {{where love is thin}}.

37.  First think and then speak.

38.  [Gossiping and lying] go together.

39.  [Habit] is the second nature.

40.  Have God, have all.

41.  Do good, have good.                                              

42.  [Health] is wealth.                                                                                                 43.  [The first wealth] is health.                                                    (128)

44.  East or West, [home] is the best.

45.  [Honesty] is the best policy.

46.  [To be honest in a wise way] is the best policy.

47.  [He that hurts another] hurts himself.

48.  If [you] lie upon roses when young, [you] will lie upon thorns when old.

49.  [Necessity] is the mother of invention.

50.  Strike the iron while [it] is hot.

51.  [Who judges others] condemns himself.

52.  [Kindness] gives birth to kindness.

53.  Know yourself first.

54.  [Knowledge] is power.

55.  [Language] is the medium of thought.

56.  [It] is never too late to learn.

57.  Look before [you] leap.

58.  [Measure] is treasure.

59.  [A sound mind] has a sound body.

60.  [Music] is food to the soul.

61.  [A friend in need] is a friend indeed.

62.  No pains, no gains.

63.  [Patience] is a virtue.

64.  [Practice] makes a man perfect.

65.  [Prevention] is better than cure.

66.  [Prayer] is the voice of faith.

67.  [Reason] rules all things.

68.  [Rome] was not built in a day.

69.  [Second thoughts] are best.

70.  [Slow and steady] wins the race.

71.  [A still tongue] makes a wise head.

72.  Waste not, want not.

                                                                                (129)

Topic 49       Proverbs

Exercise 200

1.  Better be alone than in bad ____________.

2.  Well _________ is half done.

3.  A bird in hand is _________ two in the ____________.

4.  _________ speak louder than words.

5.  _________ is the soul of wit.

6.  Birds of the same ____________ flock together.

7.  The last straw breaks the ___________ back.

8.  __________ is the eldest child of wisdom.

9.  The shortest answer is ___________.

10.  __________ punishes itself.

Exercise 201      Proverbs

1.  It is important to form good habits as habits are our second _______.

2.  We all must take care of our health at all cost.  Health is __________.

3.  Working hard is an important factor to success.  ____________ is the

     mother of good luck.

4.  __________ are thick when love is thin.

5.  Face is the __________ of the mind.

6.  _________ fears no colour.

7.  The first wealth is ___________.

8.  East or West,  ___________ is the best.

9.  __________ is the best policy.  It pays at all times.

10.  ___________ is the mother of invention.

11.  Miss Wong always says to us, “No pains, no _________.”

12.  It takes time to complete the project.  As we know, _________ was

      not built in a day.

Exercise 202          Proverbs

1.  Read as widely as possible as ___________ is power.

2.  He that _________ another hurts himself.  Avoid hurting anyone.

3.  __________ the iron while it is hot.

4.  Who _________ others condemns himself.  Never judge others or

     you will be judged.

5.  Kindness gives  __________ to kindness.

6.  Never hurry.  Always look before you ____________.

7.  Know _________ first if you want to win in life.

8.  You can start the piano lesson though you are thirty now.  It is never

     too _________ to learn.

9.  A friend in __________ is a friend indeed.

10.  Music is the food to the ___________.

11.  A sound ___________ has a sound body.