Adages, the oral transfer of knowledge between generations

Adages

Bumper-Stickers

Derisive

French

Movie-Lines

Names

Proverbs

Spanish

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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). ;

We can chalk it up to experience.
Wear a hole in the ball, you live to spend all. (Thank you: C.J.)
Well begun is half done (Thank you: Lee)
What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.
What doesn't come out in the wash will come out in the rinse.
What goes around, comes around. (Thank you: Tonja)
What goes up must come down. (Thank you: Jake Grosek)
What is right, not always fair, what is fair is not always right. (Thank you: Peggy Anderson)
What one sows is what one reaps. (When you plant a potato, you don’t grow a dollar note! - Thank you: Brian)
What you don't know won't hurt you.
What's done in the dark will come to the light.
What's done is done. (Thank you: AJ)
What's down in the well comes up in the bucket. (What you really are will eventually surface. - Thank you: Terri)
What's good enough for the goose, is good enough for the gander. (Both sexes goose/gander should be treated by the same standards. - Thank you: Homebrew)
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
When it rains, it pours! (Bad luck comes all at once. - Thank you: Samantha)
When men learns to shoot without missing, the birds will learn to fly without perching. (Thank you: Glory Glo)
When one door shuts, another opens. (Thank you: Debbie)
When poverty walks in the door, love flies out the window.
When rain falls, the children will jump in puddles.
When the chickens come home to roost. (Karma - When your bad actions come back to harm you).
When the going gets tough the tough get going (Thank you: Daniel Oluikpe)
When things fall apart, the center cannot hold. (Thank you: Timmy Sly)
When you plant a potato, you don’t grow a dollar note! (Thank you: Brian)
When you're bored, you're boring. (Thank you: Jeff O.)

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