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English proverbs (F)

English proverbs (F)

Proverbs are popularly defined as short expressions of popular wisdom. Efforts to improve on the popular definition have not led to a more precise definition. The wisdom is in the form of a general observation about the world or a bit of advice, sometimes more nearly an attitude toward a situation.

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  • Failure is not falling down, you fail when you don't get back up.
  • Failure is the first step to success.
  • Failure is the stepping stone for success.
    • Failing will make you more determined to succeed the next time you try, or make you put in more effort to get something right with successive attempts.
  • Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.
    • Meaning: Not speaking up or taking action to achieve things (in this case, fall in love) will never get you anywhere (or, help you fall in love).
  • Fall down seven times, stand up eight.
    • Definition: Fail seven times, and succeed the eighth. (Keep trying and you will succeed.)
    • Translation of the Japanese proverb "Nana korobi ya oki", often associated with Daruma figurines.
  • Falling down does not signify failure but staying there does.
    • Letting failing/falling is not failure in itself, but letting it get you down or stop trying is.
  • Familiarity breeds contempt.
    • Long experience of someone or something can make one so aware of the faults as to be scornful.
  • Fifty percent of something is better than one hundred percent of nothing.
  • Fine feathers make fine birds.
  • Fine words butter no parsnips.
    • Alternative: Actions speak louder than words.
  • Fingers were invented before knives and forks.
  • First come, first served.
  • First deserve, then desire.
  • The first step to health is to know that we are sick.
  • First things first.
    • Meaning: Do more important things before other things.
  • A fool and his money are soon parted.
  • Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
    • Meaning: To make the same mistake over again is your own fault.
  • Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
    • Alexander Pope, "An Essay on Criticism"
  • For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.
    • Proverb reported by George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum (1651)
  • Forewarned is forearmed.
    • If one is told about an event beforehand, they can (adequately) prepare.
  • Forgive, but don't forget.
    • Let things/issues go or pass, but don't forget what they were, why they happened, other consequences, etc. Can lead to knowledge about not repeating the same mistake.
  • Fortune favours the brave.
  • A fox smells its own lair first. Or: A fox smells its own stink first.
    • Meaning: One knows where they belong, and knows when they make a mistake.
  • Fretting cares make grey hairs.
  • A friend in need is a friend indeed.
    • Meaning: A genuine friend is with you even in times of trouble.
  • From those to whom much is given, much is expected.
    • Biblical quote Luke 12:48

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