Change Sayings and Quotes
Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Change quotes, Change sayings, and Change proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.
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A fool and his money are quickly parted. -- J. Bridges (1587)
A watched pot never boils. -- unknown
A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again. -- Horace (65-8 BC)
Always be prepared. -- unknown
Be careful what you ask for; you may get it. -- unknown (Thanks to J. Martin)
Be careful what you wish for. -- unknown
Be ever vigilant but never suspicious. -- English (on vigilance)
Because we focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion. -- Egyptian (on caution and care)
Better the devil you know than the one you don't -- R. Taverner (1539)
Better to be safe than sorry. -- Samuel Lover (1797-1868)
Beware a rickety wall, a savage dog and a quarrelsome person. -- Iranian (on caution and care)
Beware the door with too many keys. -- Portuguese (on vigilance)
Beware the fury of a patient man. -- John Dryden (1631-1700)
Beware the Greeks bearing gifts. -- Virgil (70-19 BC) "I fear the Greeks even when bearing gifts."
Beware the person with nothing to lose. -- Italian (on prudence)
Buyer beware. -- Latin Proverb "Caveat emptor"
Choose your neighbors before you buy your house. -- Hausa (West African) (on planning)
Creditors have better memories than debtors. -- English (on business)
Do not allow sins to get beyond creeping. -- Hawaiian (on the conduct of life)
Don't be caught flat -- ed. - unknown
Don't sail out farther than you can row back. -- Danish (on prudence)
Easy does it. -- T. Taylor (1863)
Eggs have no business dancing with stones. -- Haitian (on prudence)
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. -- John Philpot Curran (1750-1817)
Fear the Greeks bearing gifts. -- Virgil (70-19 BC) "I fear the Greeks, even when bringing gifts."
Fine feathers don't make fine birds. -- Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Fish don't get caught in deep water. -- Malay (on caution and care)
Forewarn'd, forearm'd. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Great good nature without prudence is a great misfortune. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
He that scatters thorns, let him not go barefoot. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Hear reason or she will make you feel her. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
If the bird hadn't sung, it wouldn't have been shot. -- Japanese (on prudence)
If you are going a long way, go slowly. -- Ilocano (Filipino) (on journeys)
If you buy what you don't need, you steal from yourself. -- Swedish (on thrift)
If you call one wolf, you invite the pack. -- Bulgarian (on caution and care)
Ill weeds grow fast. -- John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
It's an ill wind that blows no good. -- John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
It's but little good you'll do a -- ring the last year's crop. - George Eliot (1819-1880)
Keep no more cats than will catch mice. -- J. Dare (1673)
Look before you leap. -- John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Measure a thousand times; cut once. -- Turkish (on caution and care)
Mind your p's and q's. -- English Proverb
Never reveal the bottom of your purse or the depth of your mind. -- Italian (on caution and care)
Nothing seems expensive on credit. -- Czech (on indebtedness)
Once a word is spoken, it flies, you can't catch it. -- Russian Proverb
Once bitten, twice shy. -- unknown
One must not play on the nose of a sleeping bear. -- German (on prudence)
One thing leads to another. -- unknown
Only a fool tests the water with both feet. -- African Proverb
Out of the frying pan, into the fire. -- John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Penny wise, pound foolish. -- Robert Burton (1577-1640)
Pick your poison. -- unknown
Sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite. -- Colonial American Saying
Sleeping people can't fall down. -- Japanese (on caution and care)
Tap even a stone bridge before crossing it. -- Korean (on vigilance)
The crab that walks too far, falls into the pot. -- Haitian (on caution and care)
The hardest person to awaken is the person already awake. -- Tagalog (Filipino)(on vigilance)
The honey is sweet but the bee has a sting. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
The prudent embark when the sea is calm -- e rash when the sea is stormy. - Maori (on prudence)
The second word makes the quarrel. -- Japanese Proverb
Walls have ears. -- unknown
When in doubt, do nothing. -- George John Whyte-Melville (1821-1878)
Whoever has a tail of straw should not get too close to the fire. -- Latin American (on caution and care)
You never know what lies right around the corner. -- unknown