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Proverbs Beginning with [F] Fact is stranger than fiction Facts are facts Facts are stubborn things Faint heart ne'er won fair lady Fair's fair. Faith can move mountains. Faith will move mountains Familiarity breeds contempt The family that prays together stays together The fat is in the fire [Something that can't be stopped or changed has started, and it is likely to lead to trouble] Father knows best Fear of death is worse than death itself Fear the Greeks bearing gifts Feather your own nest [Look after your own interests] Feed a cold; starve a fever [Eat well if you want to recover from a cold but abstain from food to recover from a fever.] Feminism is the radical notion that women are people. [A saying] Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong Fight fire with fire [Respond to harsh or underhanded attacks with similar methods; use tough methods with tough people] Figures don't lie Finders keepers, losers weepers [The finder of a lost object can keep it; the person who lost it is out of luck] Findings keepings Fine feathers make fine birds Fingers were made before forks [You can hold food in your hands; you don't need utensils] Fire in the belly [Energy; drive; passion; potential for accomplishment] Fire is a good servant but a bad master [Fire is helpful when under control but very dangerous when we lose control of it.] First catch your hare First catch your rabbit and then make your stew First come, first served First, do no harm [Do not harm the sick person in the course of treatment] First impressions are the most lasting First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen The first one hundred years are the hardest [Getting started is the most difficult part of any undertaking; it is easier to continue something than to begin] The first step is the hardest First things first [A sense of priorities is important; basic things must take precedence.] Fish always stinks from the head downwards. Fish and guests smell in three days Fish or cut bait [Make a choice now: either fish or "cut bait" and go home. Cut bait means stop fishing.] A fish out of water [A person who is out of place, in an awkward or noncustomary situation.] A fish stinks from the head Fish where the fish are [Search where you are likely to find what you seek] A fishing expedition Flattery will get you nowhere. Flowers leave fragrance in the hand that bestows them [The donor benefits from the gift as much as the recipient] A fool and his money are soon parted A fool can ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years [People with little knowledge should hold their tongues] Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice shame on me A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds [Only petty and narrow-minded people are inflexible in their judgments] Fools rush in where angels fear to tread Footprints on the sands of time [Great people leave their mark on history] Forewarned is forearmed Forgive and forget For want of a nail the kingdom was lost [In any undertaking, no detail is too small to ignore] For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; for want of a horse the rider was lost For whom the bell tolls Forbidden fruit is sweetest [Forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest] Forewarned is forearmed Forgive and forget Fortune favors the brave Four eyes see more than two Frailty, thy name is woman! A friend in need is a friend indeed Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom.--- Scottish proverb Friendship is blind From clogs to clogs is only three generations From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.--- Italian proverb From little acorns great oaks grow From many, one From shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations From small beginnings come great things From the mouths of babes come words of wisdom From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step [There is often little difference between the great and the pathetic] From your lips to God's ears [May the prediction or wish you are making come true] Full speed (ahead)! The further you go, the bigger the fall The future ain't what it used to be |