Adages, the oral transfer of knowledge between generations

Adages

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Latin

Here you will find a list of over seven hundred adages people use everyday to improve their lives. An adage is a short saying that transmits wisdom. Before people knew how to read and write, they passed knowledge by word of mouth. The word adage comes from Latin adagium (saying), formed by the prefix ad- (to, toward, about) and agium (from the verb agio, I say). ;

This too shall pass. (Everything that is bad will come to an end)
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. (Thank you: Staralfur)
Those who can't, teach. (Thank you: Matt)
Thought I saw light at the end of the tunnel, but it was only a train.
Thoughts produce things. (The grandest design started with a single idea)
Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead. (Thank you: Ray Brown)
Three strikes and you are out. (Taken from baseball - The third mistake has dire consequences.)
Throwing pearls at the swine (Giving someone something precious but they reject, such as education where people don't want to learn.)
Till the cows come home. (Thank you: Davidp)
Time Heals all Wounds. (With time, all heartaches will lessen or pass. - Thank you: Dona Reynolds, MT)
Time is an herb that cures all diseases. (Thank you: Duker)
Time is money. (Do not waste time. It will cost you.)
Time really flies when you are having fun.
Time wounds all heels. (Thank you: Dr. Bob)
Tit for tat is a fair play (Thank you, Samu Bwari)
To avoid criticism, you should know nothing, see nothing, and do nothing. (Thank you: DLB)
To be forewarned is to be forearmed.
To err is human, but it takes a computer to really screw things up.
To err is human, to fart is devine (For many, mistakes are made continually, but to forgive is a diving trait! - Thank you: vin jones)
To err is human, to forgive, is canine. (Thank you: Penguinstein)
To get a diamond requires that one works hard and digs deep. (Nothing worth having is given to you. - Thank you: Darrel)
To get what I never got, I must do what I never did! (Thank you: RGC)
To have one's heart in one's mouth. (Thank you: Edechime Ellis)
To make a diamond, you need immense pressure and heat. (Something of immeasurable worth requires tremendous stress. - Thank you: Darrel)
To make a rod for one's own back. (Thank you: Staralfur)

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