| As we grew up our mothers' always passed along | | | | right when they use one of their old proverbs... Listen |
| little pieces of advice... mine always told me to "be sure | | | | at the keyhole and you'll hear about yourself. None of |
| my underwear was clean, in case I was in an | | | | us appreciates nagging but the Spanish zero in on... An |
| accident." Like the ambulance driver or the attending | | | | ounce of Mother is worth a pound of clergy. |
| nurse would really care, as I lay there covered in | | | | Two of the ones I seem to use frequently come from |
| blood? | | | | the ancient Chinese... A journey begins with the first |
| But clever sayings, quips of advice and words of | | | | step and, One generation plants the tree; another gets |
| wisdom are part of all cultures, especially in my | | | | the shade. And how smart are the Germans who tell |
| Eastern European background. As a child we listened | | | | us... The old forget, the young don't know. |
| with only one ear but as we grew up we found | | | | Some of the best humor comes to us as pearls of |
| ourselves repeating those words to our own children. | | | | wisdom. Phyllis Diller reminds us... Housework can't kill |
| How many of us today though that our parents were | | | | you, but why take a chance? Or, I want my children to |
| not the brightest bulbs in the chandelier and now | | | | have all the things I couldn't afford--then I want to |
| realize how really smart they were? | | | | move in with them. One we often hear repeated in the |
| Every ethnic group in the world has those pesky | | | | media is a pearl of wisdom from Nancy Reagan... A |
| Proverbs and one of my favorite ones is Jewish... To | | | | Woman is like a tea bag--you can't tell how strong she |
| Love Mankind is Easy--to Love Man is Hard. Of | | | | is until you put her in hot water. My bookkeeper has |
| course we have all use the Greek one... The Apple | | | | the right idea... If at first you don't succeed, try another |
| Does Not Fall Far From the Tree. The Italians got in | | | | credit card. |