# truncated sayings **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 5, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncated-sayings/402901 "2007-05-05T17:19:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![henrijohns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@henrijohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/henrijohns)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncated-sayings/402901/1 "2007-05-05T17:19:45Z")
Sayings that stop short, with nothing else added. A mind is a terrible thing. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncated-sayings/402901/2 "2007-05-05T19:59:20Z")
Your chickens don’t count. Beauty is in the eye. He who laughs last, laughs. It’s always darkest. Opportunity only knocks. Before you criticize another man, walk. It’s not over. People in glass houses, shouldn’t. You can’t make an omelet. Want some oatmeal? If you can’t, say something nice. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncated-sayings/402901/3 "2007-05-05T20:08:38Z")
Familiarity breeds. All’s well that ends. The bigger they are, the harder. The female of the species is more. Revenge is a dish best served. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncated-sayings/402901/4 "2007-05-05T20:36:15Z")
Do unto others. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncated-sayings/402901/5 "2007-05-05T20:39:05Z")
Pride goeth. Shit. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncated-sayings/402901/6 "2007-05-05T21:00:46Z")
Come, every frustum longs to be a cone, ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncated-sayings/402901/7 "2007-05-05T21:24:39Z")
You can do that until the cows come. A penny saved is a penny. That’s like the pot calling the kettle. ---
**Author:** ![Carson\_O\_Genic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Carson\_O\_Genic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carson_O_Genic)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncated-sayings/402901/8 "2007-05-06T10:58:19Z")
To a certain. The ( ) is all. ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncated-sayings/402901/9 "2007-05-06T12:58:56Z")
Absence makes the heart grow. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncated-sayings/402901/10 "2007-05-06T13:11:13Z")
Have a happy I haven’t the slightest [/george carlin] ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncated-sayings/402901/11 "2007-05-06T20:04:37Z")
It’s the. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncated-sayings/402901/12 "2007-05-06T21:01:49Z")
The world is not. Kill them all. Fool me once. Nobody ever went broke underestimating. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncated-sayings/402901/13 "2007-05-06T21:28:46Z")
You can’t make him drink. A man’s got to doo. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncated-sayings/402901/14 "2007-05-06T23:58:23Z")
All good thing must come. Don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncated-sayings/402901/15 "2007-05-07T02:30:13Z")
Nuke them from Orbit FML ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncated-sayings/402901/16 "2007-05-07T03:03:51Z")
A journey of a thousand miles must begin. It is no use crying. Those who can do those who can’t. A friend in need is a friend. Great minds think. A new broom sweeps. Do not try to teach your grandmother. Do not cut off your nose. Do not rob Peter. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncated-sayings/402901/17 "2007-05-07T04:05:51Z")
[QUOTE=Squink] Come, every frustum longs to be a cone, [/QUOTE] Oh, yeah–_this_ is a popular saying. I’m sure _everyone_ will get it. What next? “I see the tender tensor..” ? ---
**Author:** ![Labelless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f19dbf/32.png) [@Labelless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labelless)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncated-sayings/402901/18 "2007-05-07T04:35:19Z")
Life is sweet, and then. Better be wise by the misfortunes of others. No one can make you feel. A conclusion is the place where you got tired. A man can’t know what it is to be. Abuse of power comes. Decency is a relative. Deviants are sacrificed to increase group. Give a man a fish and he will eat. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncated-sayings/402901/19 "2007-05-07T04:43:08Z")
Those who do not remember history are doomed. When you lie down with dogs, you get up. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncated-sayings/402901/20 "2007-05-07T06:00:01Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] Oh, yeah–_this_ is a popular saying. I’m sure _everyone_ will get it. What next? “I see the tender tensor..” ? [/QUOTE] Well, Bernoulli would have been content. Time and tide wait. Ignorance is. Look before you. I believe the children. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncated-sayings/402901.md?page=2)