"Habit is second nature."
💬 Meaning
When you do something repeatedly, it becomes as natural and automatic as an innate quality.
✏️ Usage Example
After thirty years of waking up at dawn, he can't sleep in; habit is second nature.
Proverbs
"Good wine needs no bush."
💬 Meaning
Something of high quality does not need to be advertised or praised to be recognized.
✏️ Usage Example
The bakery has no sign outside, yet it's always full; good wine needs no bush.
"Givers never lack."
💬 Meaning
People who are generous and kind will always find that their own needs are met in return.
✏️ Usage Example
He spent his life helping others and found himself surrounded by friends when he fell ill; givers never lack.
"Give a man enough rope and he will hang himself."
💬 Meaning
If you give a person the freedom to act, they will eventually make a mistake that leads to their own downfall.
✏️ Usage Example
The detective stopped questioning the suspect and just let him talk, knowing that if you give a man enough rope he will hang himself.
"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
💬 Meaning
Success is mostly the result of hard work rather than just having a brilliant idea.
✏️ Usage Example
She spent ten years researching that book; genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
"From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step."
💬 Meaning
It is very easy for something great or serious to become silly or absurd.
✏️ Usage Example
The epic movie turned into a comedy when the special effects failed; from the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.
"Fools build houses and wise men live in them."
💬 Meaning
It is often more profitable to purchase or inhabit something that someone else has spent the effort and money to create.
✏️ Usage Example
He bought the renovated mansion at a foreclosure auction; fools build houses and wise men live in them.
"First impressions are the most lasting."
💬 Meaning
The initial opinion someone forms of you is very difficult to change later on.
✏️ Usage Example
Wear a suit to the interview; first impressions are the most lasting.
"Feed a cold and starve a fever."
💬 Meaning
Traditional medical advice suggesting one should eat well when having a cold but eat very little when running a fever.
✏️ Usage Example
My mother always made me eat soup for my sniffles, saying feed a cold and starve a fever.
"Fear is a great inventor."
💬 Meaning
When people are afraid, they become very creative and resourceful in finding ways to escape or protect themselves.
✏️ Usage Example
Fearing the storm, the villagers built a makeshift dam in hours; fear is a great inventor.
"Fast bind, fast find."
💬 Meaning
If you secure or lock something carefully, you will be able to find it exactly where you left it.
✏️ Usage Example
Lock the gate before you leave; fast bind, fast find.
"Falling out of lovers is the renewing of love."
💬 Meaning
Arguments between people who love each other can lead to a deeper and stronger relationship after they reconcile.
✏️ Usage Example
They had a huge fight but are now closer than ever; falling out of lovers is the renewing of love.