/* author: Paul Garrard */ /* Creation date: 6/1/08 */ var say = new Array(); say[1] = "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" ; say[2] = "A bird never flew on one wing" ; say[3] = "Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed" ; say[4] = "Cleanliness is next to godliness" ; say[5] = "A creaking door hangs longest" ; say[6] = "Distance lends enchantment to the view" ; say[7] = "A door must be either shut or open" ; say[8] = "Every man has his price" ; say[9] = "Facts are stubborn things" ; say[10] = "A fool at forty is a fool indeed" ; say[11] = "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing" ; say[12] = "A nod’s as good as a wink to a blind horse" ; say[13] = "A stitch in time saves nine" ; say[14] = "A whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men" ; say[15] = "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread" ; say[16] = "Give credit where credit is due" ; say[17] = "Half the truth is often a whole lie" ; say[18] = "He that will eat the fruit must climb the tree" ; say[19] = "He who hesitates is lost" ; say[20] = "Hope springs eternal" ; say[21] = "If a thing’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well" ; say[22] = "If in February there be no rain, ‘tis neither good for hay nor grain" ; say[23] = "If the cap fits, wear it" ; say[24] = "It never rains but it pours" ; say[25] = "It takes two to make a quarrel" ; say[26] = "Jack is as good as his master" ; say[27] = "Keep your own fish-guts for your own sea-maws" ; say[28] = "Learning is better than house and land" ; say[29] = "Length begets loathing" ; say[30] = "Lucky at cards, unlucky in love" ; say[31] = "Many a mickle makes a muckle" ; say[32] = "Money is power" ; say[33] = "Ne’er cast a clout till May be out" ; say[34] = "Nothing for nothing" ; say[35] = "Old habits die hard" ; say[36] = "One hand for oneself and one for the ship" ; say[37] = "One volunteer is worth two pressed men" ; say[38] = "Procrastination is the thief of time" ; say[39] = "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof" ; say[40] = "Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves" ; say[41] = "The robin and the wren are God’s cock and hen; the martin and the swallow are God’s mate and marrow" ; say[42] = "There is always a first time" ; say[43] = "There is no accounting for tastes" ; say[44] = "Those who play at bowls must look out for rubbers" ; say[45] = "Two wrongs don’t make a right" ; say[46] = "United we stand, divided we fall" ; say[47] = "Variety is the spice of life" ; say[48] = "Wanton kittens make sober cats" ; say[49] = "Waste not, want not" ; say[50] = "We must eat a peck of dirt before we die" ; say[51] = "What can you expect from a pig but a grunt" ; say[52] = "When all fruit fails, welcome haws" ; say[53] = "When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent" ; say[54] = "When the furze is in bloom, my love’s in tune" ; say[55] = "Where ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise" ; say[56] = "Wilful waste makes woeful want" ; say[57] = "Wonders will never cease" ; say[58] = "A friend in need is a friend in deed" ; say[59] = "A house divided cannot stand" ; say[60] = "All that glitters is not gold" ; say[61] = "Big fish eat little fish" ; say[62] = "Constant dropping wears away a stone" ; say[63] = "Every cock will crow upon his own dunghill" ; say[64] = "Fields have eyes and woods have ears" ; say[65] = "Full cup, steady hand" ; say[66] = "Good wine needs no bush" ; say[67] = "He that will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay" ; say[68] = "If it were not for hope, the heart would break" ; say[69] = "It’s an ill bird that fouls its own nest" ; say[70] = "One nail drives out another" ; say[71] = "Opportunity makes a thief" ; say[72] = "Out of sight, out of mind" ; say[73] = "Spare the rod and spoil the child" ; say[74] = "The cat would eat fish, but would not wet her feet" ; say[75] = "When the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch" ; say[76] = "You can take a horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink" ; say[77] = "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" ; say[78] = "A prophet is not without honour save in his own country" ; say[79] = "All good things must come to an end" ; say[80] = "As you sow, so you reap" ; say[81] = "Children should be seen and not heard" ; say[82] = "Clothes make the man" ; say[83] = "Comparisons are odious" ; say[84] = "Do right and fear no man" ; say[85] = "Do unto others as you would they should do unto you" ; say[86] = "Don't throw out your dirty water until you get in fresh" ; say[87] = "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise" ; say[88] = "Empty vessels make the most sound" ; say[89] = "Evil communications corrupt good manners" ; say[90] = "Example is better than precept" ; say[91] = "Familiarity breeds contempt" ; say[92] = "Hasty climbers have sudden falls" ; say[93] = "He that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing" ; say[94] = "He that has an ill name is half hanged" ; say[95] = "Hear all, see all, say nowt, tak'all, keep all, gie not, and if tha ever does owt for nowt do it for thysen" ; say[96] = "Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood" ; say[97] = "If the sky falls we shall catch larks" ; say[98] = "Ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it" ; say[99] = "Ill weeds grow apace" ; say[100] = "Judge not, that ye be not judged" ; say[101] = "Least said, soonest mended" ; say[102] = "Lend your money and lose your friend" ; say[103] = "Like will to like" ; say[104] = "Little strokes fell great oaks" ; say[105] = "Near is my kirtle, but nearer is my smock" ; say[106] = "Needs must when the devil drives" ; say[107] = "No one should be judge in his own cause" ; say[108] = "One good turn deserves another" ; say[109] = "Physician, heal thyself" ; say[110] = "Still waters run deep" ; say[111] = "Things past cannot be recalled" ; say[112] = "Those who hide can find" ; say[113] = "Truth will out" ; say[114] = "Well begun is half done" ; say[115] = "What you have, hold" ; say[116] = "What’s bred in the bone will come out in the flesh" ; say[117] = "What’s done cannot be undone" ; say[118] = "You can have too much of a good thing" ; say[119] = "You can’t please everyone" ; say[120] = "You cannot catch old birds with chaff" ; say[121] = "Occasional flashes of silence make conversation perfectly delightful" ; say[122] = "In the game of life it is better to score by honours than by tricks" ; say[123] = "A man is never too tired to tell how hard he has worked" ; say[124] = "Lots of people know a good thing the moment somebody else sees it first" ; say[125] = "People who know where they are going never ask the way" ; say[126] = "When trouble goes to sleep, don't set the alarm clock" ; say[127] = "The best way to throw a dice is away" ; say[128] = "Silence is a most perfect expression of scorn" ; say[129] = "Tact consists in knowing how far to go too far" ; say[130] = "Ability is the power of applying knowledge to practical purpose" ; say[131] = "Genius is a perception of the obvious which nobody else sees" ; say[132] = "Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy" ; say[133] = "Most of man's inventions have been time-savers - then came television" ; say[134] = "Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday" ; say[135] = "Change is not made without inconvenience even from worse to better" ; say[136] = "When easy does it, somebody usually has to do it again" ; say[137] = "The trouble with morning is that it comes at such an ungodly hour" ; say[138] = "Contentment is the smother of invention" ; say[139] = "To ignore the danger is to deserve the disaster" ; say[140] = "Middle age is when you start eating what is good for you instead of what you like" ; say[141] = "Credit makes cheap things dear" ; say[142] = "Moral indignation is usually jealousy with a halo" ; say[143] = "Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way" ; say[144] = "Horse-power was a lot safer when the horses had it" ; say[145] = "A mistake is evidence that someone has tried to do something" ; say[146] = "The door of truth never opens to the key of prejudice" ; say[147] = "Love is friendship set to music" ; var arraysize = say.length; var rand = Math.floor(Math.random() *arraysize); document.write(""); document.write("""+say[rand]+"""); 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