Provebs and maxims of the 21 st Century

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   As a matter fact, we are living in an age of strange principles and ideals. It is an age wherein most of our values have changed dramatically.  I mean that what was wrong is now right and what was right is now wrong. When you start reading these maxims and proverbs, you might laugh a bitter laugh, you might take some time thinking and reading between the lines to taste the sugar-coated bitterness of these maxims. Are you ready for reading them? Ok, let's go!

 

Lead me not into temptation, I can find it myself.

 

 

Women who seek to be equal to men lack ambition.

 

If you want your spouse to listen  and pay strict attention to every  word you say, talk in your sleep.

 

Having a smoking section in

a restaurant is like having

a peeing section in a pool.

 

 

If you think you are too small to

make a difference, try sleeping in

a closed room with a mosquito

 

It doesn't make any difference how

much money you make, your wife

can spend it all.

 

 

 

The beauty of most women is

inversely proportional to the

distance of the observer.

 

 

 

Men and nations will act  rationally when all other possibilities have been exhausted.

 

 

Opportunities are never lost ; someone will take the one you miss.

 

 

Early to rise, early to bed,

makes a man healthy but

socially dead.

 

 

 

Help a man when he is in trouble

and he will remember you when

he is in trouble again.

 

Time you enjoy wasting

was not wasted.

Never argue with a woman

when she's tired. Or rested.

 

 If you think nobody cares

if you're alive, try missing

a couple of car payments.

 

 

It is silly for a woman to go to

a male gynecologist. It is like

going to an auto mechanic who has

never owned his own car.

 

One definition of insanity is doing

the same thing over and over

againexpecting different results.

 

 

Rule for precision:

Measure with a micrometer,

mark with chalk,

cut with an axe.

 

 

Before you criticize someone,

walk a mile in their shoes.

That way you're a mile away,

and you have their shoes too.

 

 

Man who sneezes without tissues

takes matters into his own hands.

 

Good girls go to heaven,

                  bad girls go everywhere.                    

 

I am not a vegetarian because

I love animals; I am a vegetarian

because I hate plants.

 

The length of a marriage is

inversely proportional to the

amount spent on the wedding.

 

If you want people to know

where you stand, wear the same

socks for two weeks.

 

 

 

I'm the man of this house

and I have my wife's permission

to say so.      

      

 

Discoveries are often made

by not following instructions.

 

 You can't make a baby in a month

by getting nine women pregnant.

 

 

Many trees could be saved if the

government stopped printing

tax forms.

 

 

 

It's a widely accepted fact that

if your parents didn't have any

children, you won't either.

 

 

 

One definition of insanity is doing

the same thing over and over again

expecting different results.

 

 

 

Whenever you cut your fingernails,

you will need them an hour later.

 

 

There is always free cheese

in a mousetrap

 

If you tell the truth, you don't

have to remember anything.

 

 

Many trees could be saved if the

government stopped printing

tax forms.

 

 

There are two rules for success:

1) Never tell everything you know.

 

 

The supreme irony of life is hardly

anyone ever gets out of it alive.

 

 

One of the oldest human needs is

having someone wonder where you are

when you don't come home at night.

 

Nothing is as easy as it looks.

 

 

We are not retreating, we are

advancing in another direction.

 

 

Never wrestle a pig. You both

get dirty and the pig likes it.

 

If you have to travel on a Titanic,

why not go first class?

 

 

Nothing motivates a man more

than to see his boss putting in

an honest day's work.

 

 

Always keep a record of data.

It indicates you've been working.

 

 

You must rest during the day

so you can sleep at night.

 

 

Money is the root of all evil

and man needs roots.

 

He who always finds fault with

his friends has faulty friends.

 

 

Always remember that you are

absolutely unique. Just like

everyone else.

 

 

One should always play fair

when he has the winning cards.

 

The person who snores the loudest

will fall asleep first.

 

It's hard to be nostalgic

when you can't remember anything.

 

Those who are against the freedom

of speech must be silenced!

 

 

The intensity of movie publicity

is in inverse ratio to the quality

of the movie.

 

If you are poor, buy expensive things.

They will hold too long.

 

Ladies first, even to hell.

 

The world is full of apathy,

but I don't care.

 

 

If you want to be loved by everyone, hate

no one.

 

 

Fuddy-duddy teachers have

students who never put on their

thinking caps.

 

Flattery is the best policy.

 
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Compiled and written by: Msallam Kombaz

 

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