A "saying" (old or new ) will give you a new perspective
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"The best things in life are free."
We don't have to pay for the things that are really valuable, like
love, friendship and good health
"Still
waters run deep."
Some rivers
have rough surfaces with waves. That's usually because the water is shallow and
there are rocks near the surface. But deep rivers have no rocks near the
surface and the water is smooth and still. "Still waters run deep"
means that people who are calm and tranquil on the outside, often have a
strong, "deep" personality.
"He
teaches ill, who teaches all."
The unusual
structure of this proverb may make it difficult to understand. It becomes
easier if we change the structure to "He who teaches all teaches
ill." The word "ill" here means "badly". So it means
that the teacher who teaches students everything, does not teach well. A good
teacher lets students discover some things for themselves
"You
can't take it with you when you die."
When we die we
leave everything on earth. We don't take anything with us. Even the richest
people cannot take their money with them after death. This proverb reminds us
that some material things are not really so valuable as we think.
"Better
untaught than ill taught."
This proverb
drops the verb "to be". But we understand: "It is better not to
be taught at all than to be taught badly." It's better not to learn
something than to learn it badly. This idea is echoed in Pope's famous line:
"A little learning is a dang'rous thing;".
"Don't
cross your bridges before you come to them."
Don't worry
about problems before they arrive.
"Soon
learnt, soon forgotten."
Something that
is easy to learn is easy to forget.
"Even a
worm will turn."
Everybody will
revolt if driven too far. Even the lowest of people, or animals, will revolt
and hit back at some stage. Even a worm, the simplest of animals, will defend
itself.
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