Look on the sunny side of life
| Be positive in life | |
Loose lips sink ships
| People who talk too much may give away important secrets that could harm themselves or others | |
Love conquers all
| Love motivates people to make things work | |
Love covers a multitude of sins
| When you treat people with love, compassion, kindness, forebearing etc. you make up for a lot of your own faults because it is right to love people | |
Love makes the world go round
| Love is the important thing in life that makes life meaningful | |
Love sees no faults
| Real love does not take into account the flaws of a person | |
Love will find a way
| Love motivates people to look for solutions to all problems | |
Man cannot live by bread alone
| It takes more than food to complete your life | |
Marry in haste, repent at leisure
| Do not rush into marriage because if you marry the wrong person, you will spend the rest of your life regretting it | |
Measure twice, cut once
| Consider your options carefully in order to make a good decision | |
( The ) meek shall inherit the earth
| The humble and the downtrodden but not the proud or the mighty will be rewarded with the best at the end of time | |
Mirrors do everything we do, but they cannot think for themselves
| man-made devices have their limits, and cannot do everything humans can | |
Misery loves company
| unhappy people seem to like to make others unhappy too | |
Money cannot buy happiness
| You cannot buy joy, peace, contentment etc | |
Money isn't everything
| Riches cannot solve all your problems or bring you joy, peace, contentment etc. | |
Money makes the world go round
| People work hard and go through a lot of pain just to earn more money as if it is what keeps them going | |
Monkey see, monkey do
| People without minds of their own tend to blindly do and say what others do and say | |
More haste, less speed
| The more you hurry, the slower you seem to progress because hurrying causes you to make mistakes |
Nature, time and patience are three great physicians
| The goodness of nature, time and being patient can bring healing | |
Never do things in halves
| Always complete a job as perfectly as you can | |
Never fall out with your bread and butter
| Do not quarrel with the people who pay you your salary or with your customers | |
Never give advice unless asked
| Do not assume that people need your help or that you have all the answers to help them, it is better to wait until you are asked for help | |
Never let the right hand know what the left hand is doing
| Be discreet in all you do, do not tell others your deeds, especially your good deeds | |
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today
| Do not delay doing tasks and assignments | |
Never say die
| Never give up | |
never say never
| Always leave room for change | |
Never speak ill of the dead
| Do not talk badly about the departed | |
( It is ) never too late to repent
| It is never too late to say you are sorry, and to change your ways | |
( One is ) never too old to learn
| There is no age limit to acquiring knowledge | |
Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you
| Do not go looking for trouble | |
( A ) nimble sixpence is better than a slow shilling
| A capable person, even if he is slow or not well qualified, is more valuable than an inefficient person who may be highly qualified | |
No man can serve two masters
| You can only be faithful to one boss, leader etc | |
No man is an island
| Everyone needs the companionship of others | |
No man is content with his lot
| Most people seem to be dissatisfied with what they have, and want other things | |
No man is indispensable
| No man is so useful to others that people cannot do without him | |
No money, no justice
| In a corrupt legal system, you can bribe lawyers and judges to win a case for you |
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