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Here is a list of 50 funny proverbs that I liked most -

{Proverb : a short sentence based on long experience }

1. As long as your mistakes are new ones you can argue that you are making progress.

2. Do not insult the mother alligator until after you have  crossed the river. (Haitian)

3. Everyone loves justice in the affairs of others. (Italian)

4. Experience is a comb nature gives to men when they are bald. (Eastern)

5. Good judgment comes from bad experience, and a lot of that comes directly from bad judgment.

6. He who smiles in a crisis has found someone to blame.

7. If at first you don’t succeed, parachuting is not the sport for you.

8. If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way; if you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.

9. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone. It’s called fair-weathered.

10. Mediocrity has certain attractions; it’s much less demanding than success.

11. Sex is like air: it’s not important unless you aren’t getting any.

12. Sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel really is an oncoming train.

13. Sometimes you’re the pigeon, sometimes you’re the statue.

14. Too many cooks spoil the broth. Let someone else prepare dinner.

15. When the mouse laughs at the cat, there is a hole nearby. (Nigeria)

16. Virtue is its own reward. But it’s also very boring.

17. Diplomacy is the art of saying “nice doggie”, whilst looking for a bigger stick.

18. Doctors clean the body, ministers the conscience, and lawyers the purse. (German)

19. It is better to exist unknown to the law and lawyers. (Irish)

20. Politicians are like diapers and need to be changed for the same reason.

21. When God wanted to punish man He invented lawyers. (Russian)

22. Make sure you are not irreplaceable: if you can’t be replaced, you can’t be promoted.

23. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.

24. He who drinks on credit will get drunk twice. (Serbian)

25. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit about in a boat and guzzle beer all day.

26. Age is a high price to pay for maturity.

27. By the time you are old enough to appreciate your parents you will have children of your own who take you for granted.

28. The secret of immortality is living a life worth remembering.

29. Anger is the outcome of the tongue working faster than the brain.

30. Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. (Then when you do criticize them, you’re a mile away and you have their shoes.)

31. The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

32. The tongue weighs relatively nothing, but so few people can hold it.

33. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

34. Never underestimate the power of stupid people in big groups.

35. It’s not the size of the dog in the fight that matters, it’s the size of the fight in the dog!

36. Minds are likeparachutes: they only work when open.

37. If you believe everything you read, better not read.

38. If you think no-one cares whether you’re dead or alive, try missing a couple of mortgage payments.

39. Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you don’t you will be wise.

40. Love your neighbours, but don’t pull down the fence.

41. When your enemy falls, don’t rejoice. But don’t pick him up either.

42. Yes, forgive your enemies whenever you can, but always remember their names.

43. As the best wine makes the sharpest vinegar, so can the truest lover turn into the worst enemy.

44. Fortune is like a woman: If you neglect her today, do not expect to regain her tomorrow.

45. There are two theories about arguing with women. neither works.

46. A man is a person who takes out the rubbish, then makes out he has just cleaned the house.

47. If you want to be criticized, get married. (Irish)

48. Never marry for money; you will borrow it cheaper. (Scottish)

49. Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t. (English)

50. We are all equal in the eyes of God and bus drivers. (German)  

If you liked those you will find more on a book “The Worlds funniest proverbs“  by James Alexander   Published in 2007  ISBN 978-1-906051-07-5

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