Category:English aphorisms

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  1. if it ain't broke, don't fix it
  2. appearances are deceptive
  3. a revolution is not a dinner party
  4. never change a running system
  5. it's not the size of the ship, it's the motion of the ocean
  6. all cats are grey by night
  7. clothes maketh the man
  8. size matters
  9. if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas
  10. Joan's as good as my lady in the dark
Oldest pages ordered by last edit:
  1. it's not the size of the ship, it's the motion of the ocean
  2. all cats are grey in the dark
  3. measure twice and cut once
  4. twenty-twenty hindsight
  5. leave well enough alone
  6. if it ain't broke, don't fix it
  7. clothes don't make the man
  8. actions speak louder than words
  9. absence makes the heart grow fonder
  10. all cats are grey by night

English phrases that convey basic concepts in a manner short and easily memorable. Typically conveying a concise statement of a scientific principle or truth.


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