| F |
| Saying - Author |
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| Fact is stranger than fiction. - Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796-1865) |
| Failure is a teacher; a harsh one, but the best. - Thomas J. Watson Sr. (1874-1956) |
| Failure is the path of least persistence. - unknown |
| Faint heart never won fair lady. - W. S. Gilbert (1836-1911) |
| Fair words can buy a horse on credit. - Trinidadian (on flattery and praise) |
| Fair words never hurt the tongue. - George Chapman (c.1559-1634) |
| Faith is the ability to not panic. - unknown |
| Falling is easier than rising. - Irish (on fame) |
| False friends leave you in times of trouble. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC) |
| Familiarity breeds contempt. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC) |
| Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. - German Proverb |
| Fear the Greeks bearing gifts. - Virgil (70-19 BC) "I fear the Greeks, even when bringing gifts." |
| Fear the person who fears you. - Middle Eastern (on courage and fear) |
| Feed a cold and starve a fever. - C. Morley (1939) |
| Fine feathers don't make fine birds. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC) |
| Fine words butter no parsnips. - John Clarke (1639) |
| Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. - German Proverb |
| First come, first served. - unknown |
| First food, then religion. - Afghan (on practicality) |
| First things first. - G. Jackson (1894) |
| Fish don't get caught in deep water. - Malay (on caution and care) |
| Fishing without a net is merely bathing. - Hausa (West African) (on authenticity) |
| Focus on what's right in your world instead of what's wrong. - unknown |
| Follow your dreams. - unknown |
| Following the path of least resistence is what makes both men and rivers crooked. - unknown - thanks to Brian Fierling |
| Fools and scissors require good handling. - Japanese (on foolishness) |
| Fools are like other folks as long as they are silent. - Danish (on foolishness) |
| Fools rush in where wise men fear to tread. - Alexander Pope (1688-1744) |
| For every bow there is an arrow. (For everyone there is someone.) - unknown |
| For news of the heart, ask the face.- Guinean (on life and living) |
| Forgive and forget. - unknown |
| Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. - Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) |
| Forethought is easy, repentance is hard. - Chinese (on discretion) |
| Forewarn'd, forearm'd. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| Four horses cannot overtake the tongue. - Chinese (on gossip) |
| Friends are God's way of taking care of us. -unknown |
| Friendship increases by visiting friends but visiting seldom. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| Friendship is one mind in two bodies. - Mencius (c.371-289) |
| From the fullness of the heart, the mouth speaks. - Jesus Christ |
| Froth is not beer. - Dutch (on appearance and reality) |
