There are patterns in history. Nations rise and fall for similar reasons.
Nations do not change their ways or learn from the mistakes of others. They repeat them. 141--------People are people
Their human nature is predictable. They respond to stimulus and incentives.
142--------Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer A man without enemy is a man without quality.
Think not? Even Jesus Christ had many, many enemies. 143--------Better late than never
Though being on time is better than being late, doing something late is
better than giving up or doing nothing. 144--------Punish one, teach a hundred
People problems sometimes must be dealt with harshly. When you make an example of someone, make sure that everyone
knows what the lesson is. 145--------Attitude is everything
A pessimist sees a glass half-empty, An optimist sees it half-full. 146--------Like father, like son
A son will be like his father. This may be quoted whenever the son has
done something that reminds people of the father. Whether it is good or bad.
147--------When the cat's away the mice will play
People will take advantage of a situation if they can. Employees will get lazy if the supervisor is not keeping an eye on them. A teenage son or daughter might hold a wild party at home during a weekend when the parents have gone out of town.
148--------Praise when praise is due (sometimes even when it isn't)
Do not criticise beyond necessity and seldom in public. And always precede criticism with a few words of praise. 149--------Turnabout is fair play
If a person is taking advantage of someone else, the situation may change. The one on top may end up on the bottom. Then the one who has turned the tables will say, \am only doing to you what you did to me.
150--------Here today, gone tomorrow
Things may change quickly. This is said as a criticism of a person
who changes quickly for no good reason. It may also be said of a
thing or situation which does not last. Change is not good when it
indicates unreliability. 151--------Will wonders never cease?
Said when someone has done something untypical of him or her and
much better than was expected. It may also be used of a technological
breakthrough.
152--------Do not stand out, fit in
Make no long-term, close friendships with any colleague., but be cordial to all.
153--------There is no morality in struggles for power
In struggles for power, your judgements should be based entirely on self-interest
and finding as direct and economical a route to your goal as possible.
154--------Natural law is blind
Just like water, cleaness and refreshes without any distinction, and
without any judgement either.
155--------The more things change, the more they stay the same Said when an apparent change is only superficial. 156--------Happiness is a choice and misery is optional
The way we choose to see the world creates the world we see.
157--------The leopard cannot change his sports
Some people are not willing or able to change their chartacter.
This is said when a notoriously bad person tries to change but fails
into the same mistake all over again. 158--------Man proposes, God disposes
Human beings make their plans but God determines whether they
succeed or not.
159--------A live dog is better than a dead lion
It may be better to run away like a scared dog with its tail between its
legs than to stand and fight to the death like a courageous lion.
160--------It's a woman's prerogative to change her mind
Since women are often considered more emotional and less
logical than men, and since emotions are more changeable than
reasons, women are allowed to change their minds. 161--------Spare the rod and spoil the child
An undisciplined child will turn out to be a rotten person.
Many parents think that any physical punishment of children is abusive,
while many others think that without it, children grow up to be morally retarded.
162--------Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me
A taunt used by people claiming that an insult did not affect them.
163--------The worm turns
Everything chnages. Do not expect situations or people to
stay the same for very long. 164--------You are what you eat
A nation's diet can be more revealing than it's art or literature.
165--------Marriages are made in heaven
God is the source of human love and the one who destines two individuals to
be married. This proverb is going out of fashion since it goes against individual freedom.
166--------If you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours
If you do something good for me, I should do something good for you
167--------Office politics are secret and dirty and there is never an end to it
To survive, be patient--watch, listen and say little; to win, be patient--survive, plan and then strike swiftly. 168--------Work smarter, not harder
Get others to do as much as they can for you. 169--------Time heals all wounds
The damage done by a conflict is like a wound that will heal naturally over time if it is not re-injured. 170--------No news is good news
If a friend is travelling and one does not hear from him/her, one may
assume that everything is going well. As another proverb says,
Bad news travels fast. 171--------Time marches on
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