A burnt child dreads…
![IMAGE: A burnt child dreads the fire. [The burnt child fears the fire.] / Once bitten, twice shy. [Once bit, twice shy.] / He that has been bitten by a serpent [snake] fear [is afraid of] a rotten rope. / A scalded cat [dog] fears (even) cold water.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/asian_match_dog_boy_basilisk-rattlesnake_cat-200x150.jpg)
A burnt child dreads the fire. [The burnt child fears the fire.] / Once bitten, twice shy. [Once bit, twice shy.] / He that has been bitten by a serpent [snake] fear [is afraid of] a rotten rope. / A… More »
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A new broom sweeps…
![IMAGE: A new broom sweeps clean. [New brooms sweep clean.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/workers-78002_640-200x150.jpg)
A new broom sweeps clean. [New brooms sweep clean.] / (Someone who is new in a particular job will do a very good job at first, to prove how competent he or she is.) More »
No sweet without…
No sweet without sweat. More »
Tomorrow is another…
Tomorrow is another day. – Scarlett O’Hara — Margaret Mitchell (1900 – 49): Gone with the Wind More »
It is not enough for…
It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. / (Mexican Proverb) (Image by Calvin Tatum from Pixabay) / (Image by Renee Carter from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using… More »
A cheerful look makes…
A cheerful look makes a dish a feast. More »
It takes two to make…
It takes two to make a quarrel. More »
The pleasures of the…
The pleasures of the mighty are the tears of the poor. / It is blood of the soldiers that makes the general great. More »
Use short sentences…
Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English. Be positive, not negative. Never use old slang. Eliminate every superfluous word. (Kansas City Star rules for writing) / (The Kansas City Star is a newspaper based in Kansas City,… More »
For every ailment…
![IMAGE: For every ailment under the sun, [For every evil under the sun,] / There is a remedy, or there is none. // If there be one, try to find it; / If there be none, never mind it. //](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sun-3588618_640-200x133.jpg)
For every ailment under the sun, [For every evil under the sun,] / There is a remedy, or there is none. // If there be one, try to find it; / If there be none, never mind it. // -… More »
![IMAGE: While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. [I thought I was learning to live; I was only learning to die.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/mona-lisa-1846976_640-100x74.jpg)
![IMAGE: A new broom sweeps clean. [New brooms sweep clean.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/workers-78002_640-100x75.jpg)
![IMAGE: A burnt child dreads the fire. [The burnt child fears the fire.] / Once bitten, twice shy. [Once bit, twice shy.] / He that has been bitten by a serpent [snake] fear [is afraid of] a rotten rope. / A scalded cat [dog] fears (even) cold water.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/asian_match_dog_boy_basilisk-rattlesnake_cat-100x75.jpg)
![IMAGE: A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality. [A dream you dream alone may be a dream, but a dream two people dream together is a reality.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/lake-garda-948123_640-100x60.jpg)
![IMAGE: Two dogs strive for a bone and a third runs away with it. [Two dogs fight for a bone and a third runs away with it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fisherman-829814_640-100x67.jpg)
