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Interesting how things can be actually worthwhile,
isn't it?
Makes a change from the norm. I promis, I
wouldn't send it if it was a total waste of time.
----- Original Message -----
From: Hollie
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 9:56 PM
Subject: At present to present It's a cracked pitcher that goes
longest to the well. Where one door shuts, another opens.  It takes two to make a quarrel. Cut
your coat according to your cloth. Variant: When the gods want to punish us they
answer our prayers. --Oscar Wilde If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it
probably needed fixing anyway. Possible Interpretation: You cannot enjoy two
mutually-exclusive benefits of the same situation.
Stolen fruit is sweet Don't have too
many irons in the fire. Think globally, act locally. Two things prolong your
life: A quiet heart and a loving wife. Laughter is the best medicine. Don't
trudge mud into the house of love.
Grace Hopper It's easy to be wise after
the event. A little knowledge is dangerous. Drink deep, or taste not the puritan
waters Alternate version: In for a dime, in for a dollar. Patience is a virtue.
Reference to baseball and its anatomical incorrectness. Romeo must die in order
to save the love. Variant paraphrase: All that glitters is not gold. A good man
in an evil society seems the greatest villain of all.
Alternative Version: Be thankful of
what youve got. If you were born to be shot, you'll never be hung. All hat and
no cattle. Alexander Pope
If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody
happy. Give respect take respect. While there's life, there's hope. From William
Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, act II, scene 7, by William Shakespeare
Possible Interpretation: Prepare for things to go wrong rather than worrying
about them after the fact. Nothing succeeds like success. Possible
Interpretation: Accomplishing two things with a single action.
Alternative: What's done is done.
Possible Interpretation: Refers to doing two things at once, or multi-tasking.
You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. A friend to all is a friend to none.
Look before you leap. As good as Greg.
Vengeance is a dish best served cold.
Behind every great man, there is his ass. Romeo must die in order to save the
love. In order to get where you want to go, you frist have to leave where you
are. People with real money don't talk about it.
Interpretation: If you are going to do
something, do it right. Alternate: If at first you don't succeed, destroy all
evidence that you tried. First deserve then desire. Friedrich Nietzsche, The
Twilight of the Idols (1888) Too many chiefs and not enough indians.To each his
own.
Hair of the dog that bit you Corollary,
cynical: He who laughs last, thinks slowest Butter is gold in the morning,
silver at noon, lead at night. There is no 'I' in TEAM Alternative: Liquor on
beer, have no fear. Beer on liquor, never sicker. Christian New Testament
There's no place like home--The Wizard of OZ He who lives by the sword shall die
by the sword.
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