Favourite quotes and aphorisms

[Stanley]

I'll start.

"Relationships are like sharks - if they stop moving, they die"

- Woody Allen

[QPRDave]

"Life is like a box of chocolates........er something, something something ..cause you never know what you might get"

-Forest Gump

[lymehoop]

Stan can you explain what Aphorism means to help the less academic so they can participate

[Hertford Hoop]

You made your bed, now lie in it.

[Hertford Hoop]

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die tomorrow.

James Dean

[Stanley]

Stan can you explain what Aphorism means to help the less academic so they can participate

Sure Lymes, it's a general truth, principle, or astute observation, said in a concise and memorable form, such as "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

Maybe some could even spark debate

[QPRDave]

"The pen is mightier than the sword......Except in fencing!"

-No fingers George

[QPRDave]

"History is always written by the victorious"

-- QPRDave....heard on a documentry

[loneranger]

Man who go to bed with itchy bum hole , wake up in morning with awful smelly finger.


Confucius( some clever Tiddley).

[lymehoop]

lie down with dogs and you wake up with fleas

[QPRDave]

"People who live in glass houses............................are worth two in the bush?"

[lymehoop]

it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

[lymehoop]

spare the rod and spoil the child

[Stanley]

“Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.”

- William Penn

[TBLOCKRANGER]

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."

Could be Lincoln not sure but applies to everyday life