Collected Wit

Fractured Proverbs

• Now is the time for all good men to come to.
• Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day -
  give a man a fish every day, and you feed him for the rest of his life.
• Familiarity breeds attempt.
• A fool and his money are some party.
• Nothing exceeds like excess.
• Virtue is its only reward.
• No good deed goes unpunished.
• Honor is without profit in your own country.
• The truth will ouch.
• Many hands make light work heavy.
• It's not what you know, and it's not who you know; it's what you know about who you know.

(Special Latin Section)
• Sic biscuitus disintegrat
• Illegitimi non carborundum
• Carpe per diem

Last updated November 29, 2001