Folk wisdom and family sayings

[GeoFee]

Dad used to say:

“I do not mind getting old but I hate falling apart.”

 

[ninj]

"Too soon old, too late smart."
(I think it's a Mennonite saying).

 

[BetteTheRed]

Germanic, anyway. I think I learned that one from my childhood Lutheran congregation (along with how to polka, lol...).

 

[paradox3]

Better late than never.

Six of one, half dozen of the other.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

 

[paradox3]

You would forget your head if it wasn't screwed on (or attached to your neck).

 

[ninj]

Money burns a hole in their pocket.
A fool and their money are soon parted.

 

[Luce NDs]

"Truth is a pain" ...

Such hidden and sacred knowledge is only for mystics ... those already marked for denial and disposal!

Can you cut it? May expose a lot of baloney ...

 

[KayTheCurler]

Easy come, easy go.

How about a Beatix Potter quote from Peter Rabbit, I think ? Very impecunious and cheerful.

 

[KayTheCurler]

Moinkey see, monkey do.

 

[BetteTheRed]

In my pocket I have two keys,
One says "thank you,
The other one "please".

 

[Luce NDs]

Dis integration and dissolution ... in a pool ...

Recall it may not be as it seems given all the words laid out as un virtue! One true thing was lost because of the entanglement theory ...

Thus the fates go on and on ... a dark fabrication! Few understand the construct ... as psyche is out there!