Said when someone has done something untypical of him or her and much better than was expected. It may also be used of a technological breakthrough.


152-----Do not stand out, fit in

Make no long-term, close friendships with any colleague., but be cordial to all.


153-----There is no morality in struggles for power

In struggles for power, your judgements should be based entirely on self-interest and finding as direct and economical a route to your goal as possible.


154-----Natural law is blind

Just like water, cleaness and refreshes without any distinction, and without any judgement either.


155-----The more things change, the more they stay the same

Said when an apparent change is only superficial.


156-----Happiness is a choice and misery is optional

The way we choose to see the world creates the world we see.


157-----The leopard cannot change his spots

Some people are not willing or able to change their chartacter. This is said when a notoriously bad person tries to change but fails into the same mistake all over again.


158-----Man proposes, God disposes

Human beings make their plans but God determines whether they succeed or not.


159-----A live dog is better than a dead lion

It may be better to run away like a scared dog with its tail between its legs than to stand and fight to the death like a courageous lion.


160-----It's a woman's prerogative to change her mind

Since women are often considered more emotional and less logical than men, and since emotions are more changeable than reasons, women are allowed to change their minds.


161-----Spare the rod and spoil the child

An undisciplined child will turn out to be a rotten person. Many parents think that any physical punishment of children is abusive, while many others think that without it, children grow up to be morally retarded.


162-----Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me

A taunt used by people claiming that an insult did not affect them.


163-----The worm turns

Everything chnages. Do not expect situations or people to stay the same for very long.


164-----You are what you eat

A nation's diet can be more revealing than it's art or literature.


165-----Marriages are made in heaven

God is the source of human love and the one who destines two individuals to be married. This proverb is going out of fashion since it goes against individual freedom.


166-----If you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours

If you do something good for me, I should do something good for you.


167-----Office politics are secret and dirty and there is never an end to it

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