Subject: The by thorny

From: Allan Tuttle <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:38:11 -0500

This is often misstated as the proof is in the pudding Golf is a good walk spoilt Mark Twain Fine words butter no parsnips He who sleeps forgets his hunger

All that glistens is not gold Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves Those who play bowls must look out for rubbers Hope is life
There's no accounting for taste Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies Set a thief to catch a thief
You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours Loose lips sink ships Meaning: Kind words/actions are more effective in bringing about an outcome than harsh ones Give respect take respect
Bloom where you are planted Nor pot to piss out in (variant of neither a pot to piss in nor a window to throw it out) Thats the straw that broke the camels back Fation is a form of Ugliness, so in-tolerable that we have to alter it every six months
Honesty is the best policy From Isle of Beauty by Thomas Haynes Bayly He that will steal an egg will steal an ox Making a rod for your own back
To err is human; to forgive is divine (Pope, Essay on Criticism) If you want what you've never had, you must do what you've never done (Tito D) When the cat's away, the mice will play The truth shall set you free, or The truth will set you free
Alternative: Who shall guard the guards themselves? He's all hat and no cattle Ignorance is bliss All things come to he who waits
Home is where the heart is A word spoken is past recalling Alexander Pope Now or never
Derived alternative: Do unto others as you would have done to you, but do it first Nice guys finish last When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras The weak can never forgive Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong --Mahatma Gandhi Beggars can't be choosers You can't milk a cow with your hands in your pants
There's no accounting for taste Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies Set a thief to catch a thief