DISCOVER YOUR CREATIVE MIND
by Brad & Jeloria Jensen
You may have heard that your mind is like an iceberg, with 9/10ths of it below the level that we can see. You may also have heard that most people do not use 90% of their brain. You can learn to explore and use that portion of your mind which is outOf view for most people.
The inner part of your mind is a fascinating place. It holds all of your hopes and dreams, your fantasies and the seed of the future that you will create for yourself. Just as each plant has its foundation in the hidden soil of the earth, so too are your thoughts based in the inner part of yourself.
By learning what the soil is made of and the process of growth that occurs in a plant, a scientist can learn how to develop richer soils and healthier plants. By learning what goes into creating within the inner part of your mind and what the process of growth is for your thoughts, you can learn how to make your thoughts stronger and healthier, and enrich your existence.
As you begin to learn about creation, you will also naturally learn about your responsibility to yourself and in dealing with others. You will learn that only YOU can make the choices that really matter in your life and to expect others to choose for you is to deny yourself the respect you truly deserve.
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Friday, February 9, 2007
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Finding Time
One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of students.
He pulled out a wide-mouth jar and set it on the table.
Then he brought up a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar.
When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, Is this jar full ? Everyone in the class yelled, Yes.
The reached pulled out a bucket of gravel. He dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. He then asked the group once more, Is the jar full Probably not, one of them answered.
Good! he replied. He reached for a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, Is this jar full No! the class shouted.
Once again he said, Good.Then he grabbed some water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim.
He looked at the class and asked, What is the point of this illustration.
He said the point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it! He also said that if you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all.
What are the 'big rocks' in your life, Education.
When you put in Education first, you will then have time to fill more of things like prayer, time for your parents, etc.
Thanks to: Seenivasan Varadachar pavsri@gmail.com
He pulled out a wide-mouth jar and set it on the table.
Then he brought up a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar.
When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, Is this jar full ? Everyone in the class yelled, Yes.
The reached pulled out a bucket of gravel. He dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. He then asked the group once more, Is the jar full Probably not, one of them answered.
Good! he replied. He reached for a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, Is this jar full No! the class shouted.
Once again he said, Good.Then he grabbed some water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim.
He looked at the class and asked, What is the point of this illustration.
He said the point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it! He also said that if you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all.
What are the 'big rocks' in your life, Education.
When you put in Education first, you will then have time to fill more of things like prayer, time for your parents, etc.
Thanks to: Seenivasan Varadachar pavsri@gmail.com
Finding Time
One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of students.
He pulled out a wide-mouth jar and set it on the table.
Then he brought up a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar.
When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, Is this jar full ? Everyone in the class yelled, Yes.
The reached pulled out a bucket of gravel. He dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. He then asked the group once more, Is the jar full Probably not, one of them answered.
Good! he replied. He reached for a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, Is this jar full No! the class shouted.
Once again he said, Good.Then he grabbed some water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim.
He looked at the class and asked, What is the point of this illustration.
He said the point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it! He also said that if you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all.
What are the 'big rocks' in your life, Education.
When you put in Education first, you will then have time to fill more of things like prayer, time for your parents, etc.
Thanks to: Seenivasan Varadachar pavsri@gmail.com
He pulled out a wide-mouth jar and set it on the table.
Then he brought up a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar.
When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, Is this jar full ? Everyone in the class yelled, Yes.
The reached pulled out a bucket of gravel. He dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. He then asked the group once more, Is the jar full Probably not, one of them answered.
Good! he replied. He reached for a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, Is this jar full No! the class shouted.
Once again he said, Good.Then he grabbed some water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim.
He looked at the class and asked, What is the point of this illustration.
He said the point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it! He also said that if you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all.
What are the 'big rocks' in your life, Education.
When you put in Education first, you will then have time to fill more of things like prayer, time for your parents, etc.
Thanks to: Seenivasan Varadachar pavsri@gmail.com
Sunday, January 28, 2007
What is Humidity?
‘Temperature is 80 degrees, and humidity is 75”.Perhapsyou has been puzzled by a statement of this sort. What is meant by humidity?
First of all, we must remember that the air is not composed of a simple uniform substance; it is made up of a number of different gases. Most popular is oxygen, Nitrogen is another, carbon dioxide is third. But the most important is water vapor, or evaporated water.
There is always a certain amount of this vapor in the air. The amount of this vapor that the air can hold at any one time is determined by the temperature; the higher the temperature, the more water vapor the air can contain. When it can take up no more water, we say that it has reached at a saturation point. If any more vapor is added, condensation takes place: that is, the vapor is observed in the form of dew, mist, rain, hail or snow.
Now by humidity we simply mean the amount of water vapor in the air. Absolute humidity is the weight of the water vapor per cubic foot of air. Generally when we refer to humidity, we mean relative humidity. This is the percentage of water vapor in the air with respect to the total amount of vapor that the air can hold at any one time at the given temperature. When we say that the temperature is 80 degrees and that the humidity is75, we mean that the air has 75 % or ¾ of water vapor that it can contain at a temperature of 80 degrees.
When the temperature is high [that is, when the air can hold a good deal of water vapor] and the humidity is also high, we find ourselves exceedingly uncomfortable.
On the other hand, our bodies need some water vapor; and in parts of the earth when the air is hot and very dry, human beings cannot maintain health for long. We are most comfortable when the humidity is neither too high nor too low. We can do nothing about it outdoors, but it can be regulated by air conditioning in offices and homes.
In America a unique way is adopted that to dig small/big deep earth to hold water for a long time, so even on high temperatures, the temperature do not go much dry.
Thanks to: "Brahma Mehrotra" brahma9151939@yahoo.com
First of all, we must remember that the air is not composed of a simple uniform substance; it is made up of a number of different gases. Most popular is oxygen, Nitrogen is another, carbon dioxide is third. But the most important is water vapor, or evaporated water.
There is always a certain amount of this vapor in the air. The amount of this vapor that the air can hold at any one time is determined by the temperature; the higher the temperature, the more water vapor the air can contain. When it can take up no more water, we say that it has reached at a saturation point. If any more vapor is added, condensation takes place: that is, the vapor is observed in the form of dew, mist, rain, hail or snow.
Now by humidity we simply mean the amount of water vapor in the air. Absolute humidity is the weight of the water vapor per cubic foot of air. Generally when we refer to humidity, we mean relative humidity. This is the percentage of water vapor in the air with respect to the total amount of vapor that the air can hold at any one time at the given temperature. When we say that the temperature is 80 degrees and that the humidity is75, we mean that the air has 75 % or ¾ of water vapor that it can contain at a temperature of 80 degrees.
When the temperature is high [that is, when the air can hold a good deal of water vapor] and the humidity is also high, we find ourselves exceedingly uncomfortable.
On the other hand, our bodies need some water vapor; and in parts of the earth when the air is hot and very dry, human beings cannot maintain health for long. We are most comfortable when the humidity is neither too high nor too low. We can do nothing about it outdoors, but it can be regulated by air conditioning in offices and homes.
In America a unique way is adopted that to dig small/big deep earth to hold water for a long time, so even on high temperatures, the temperature do not go much dry.
Thanks to: "Brahma Mehrotra" brahma9151939@yahoo.com
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Acquire Writing Skills
The following list of tips should help you to avoid some of the most common slip-ups.
1. Capitals:
Avoid the temptation to capitalize words in the middle of a sentence Just To Provide Emphasis Like This. If you want to be more emphatic consider using bold face, italics, color or larger text.
2. Commas:
The most common use of the comma is to join together short sentences to make a single longer sentence. We do this with one of the following small joining words: and, or, but, yet, for, nor, or so. For example:
We have finished the work, and we are looking forward to the weekend.
Notice that the two halves of this sentence could each be sentences in their own right. They thus need to be separated with a comma and joining word. In the next example, though, we don't need a comma: We have finished the work and are looking forward to the weekend.
The halves of that sentence could not stand alone, so no comma was used.
3. Ellipsis:
The ellipsis is a series of three -- and ONLY THREE -- full stops used to mark missing words, an uncertain pause, or an abrupt interruption. Avoid the temptation to use six or seven dots -- it looks amateurish. For example, we write:
Niles: But Miss Fine's age is only ... Fran: Young! Miss Fine's age is only young!
4. Excessive punctuation:
Only one exclamation mark or question mark should be used at a time. Consider the following over-punctuated examples:
Buy now!!! Great bargains!!!!!!!!!! Excessive punctuation looks too much like hysteria and detracts from your credibility. Avoid it.
5. Headings:
For long works, establish a clear hierarchy of headings. Microsoft Word's heading styles are great for this. (They also allow you to automatically create a table of contents.)
6. Hyphenating prefixes:
Most prefixes don't need a hyphen; i.e. we write "coexist", not "co-exist". There are exceptions, though. The prefixes "self-" and "ex-" are almost always hyphenated.
7. Numbers:
Numbers of ten or less are normally written as words.
8. Quotation marks:
Users of American English should use double quotes (" "). Users of British English should choose either single quotes (' ') or double quotes and stick with them for the whole document. Incidentally, British English usage is increasingly moving towards single quotes.
9. Spaces:
Modern style is to use a single space at the end of a sentence, not two. Also, most punctuation marks (e.g. commas, full stops, question marks) are not preceded by a space.
10.Tables:
Set table text one or two points smaller than the main body text and in a sans-serif font such as Arial or Verdana. Avoid vertical lines as they tend to add unnecessary clutter.
Armed with these simple guidelines, your business writing should be well received every time. Good luck!
Thanks to: "s.v.m.sathishkumar" svm_sathishkumar@yahoo.co.in
Another input:
A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: "I am blind, please help." There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, "Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?"
The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way."
What he had written was: "Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it."
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing? Of course both signs told people the boy was blind.
But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat.
The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.
The first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?
Thanks to: "Hassan Ali" hassanrazvi786@gmail.com
1. Capitals:
Avoid the temptation to capitalize words in the middle of a sentence Just To Provide Emphasis Like This. If you want to be more emphatic consider using bold face, italics, color or larger text.
2. Commas:
The most common use of the comma is to join together short sentences to make a single longer sentence. We do this with one of the following small joining words: and, or, but, yet, for, nor, or so. For example:
We have finished the work, and we are looking forward to the weekend.
Notice that the two halves of this sentence could each be sentences in their own right. They thus need to be separated with a comma and joining word. In the next example, though, we don't need a comma: We have finished the work and are looking forward to the weekend.
The halves of that sentence could not stand alone, so no comma was used.
3. Ellipsis:
The ellipsis is a series of three -- and ONLY THREE -- full stops used to mark missing words, an uncertain pause, or an abrupt interruption. Avoid the temptation to use six or seven dots -- it looks amateurish. For example, we write:
Niles: But Miss Fine's age is only ... Fran: Young! Miss Fine's age is only young!
4. Excessive punctuation:
Only one exclamation mark or question mark should be used at a time. Consider the following over-punctuated examples:
Buy now!!! Great bargains!!!!!!!!!! Excessive punctuation looks too much like hysteria and detracts from your credibility. Avoid it.
5. Headings:
For long works, establish a clear hierarchy of headings. Microsoft Word's heading styles are great for this. (They also allow you to automatically create a table of contents.)
6. Hyphenating prefixes:
Most prefixes don't need a hyphen; i.e. we write "coexist", not "co-exist". There are exceptions, though. The prefixes "self-" and "ex-" are almost always hyphenated.
7. Numbers:
Numbers of ten or less are normally written as words.
8. Quotation marks:
Users of American English should use double quotes (" "). Users of British English should choose either single quotes (' ') or double quotes and stick with them for the whole document. Incidentally, British English usage is increasingly moving towards single quotes.
9. Spaces:
Modern style is to use a single space at the end of a sentence, not two. Also, most punctuation marks (e.g. commas, full stops, question marks) are not preceded by a space.
10.Tables:
Set table text one or two points smaller than the main body text and in a sans-serif font such as Arial or Verdana. Avoid vertical lines as they tend to add unnecessary clutter.
Armed with these simple guidelines, your business writing should be well received every time. Good luck!
Thanks to: "s.v.m.sathishkumar" svm_sathishkumar@yahoo.co.in
Another input:
A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: "I am blind, please help." There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, "Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?"
The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way."
What he had written was: "Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it."
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing? Of course both signs told people the boy was blind.
But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat.
The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.
The first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?
Thanks to: "Hassan Ali" hassanrazvi786@gmail.com
Friday, January 26, 2007
Firsts in India
First British Governor General
Warren Hastings
First British Governor General of Independent India
Lord Mountbatten
First Chief Justice of India
Hiralal J Kania
First Commander-in-Chief of Free India
General K M Cariappa
First Chief of Air Staff
Air Marshal Sir Thomos Elmhirst
First Indian Air Chief
Air Marshal S Mukherjee
First Chief of Army Staff
General M Rajendra Singh
First Chief of Naval Staff
Vice Admirial R D Katari
First Cosmonaut
Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma
First Field Marshal
SPFJ Manekshaw
First Governor-General of Indian Union
C Rajagopalachari
First Indian to get an Oscar
Bhanu Athaiya
First Indian to reach the South Pole
Col I K Bajaj
First Indian ICS Officer
Satyendra Nath Tagore
First Indian Man to swim across the English Channel
Mihir Sen
First Indian Woman to swim across the English Channel
Miss Arati Saha
First Magsaysay Award Winner
Acharya Vinod Bhave
First Nobel Prize Winner
Rabindra Nath Tagore
First President of the Indian National Congress
W C Benerjee
First Woman President of the Indian National Congress
Annie Besant
First Prime Minister of India
Jawaharlal Nehru
First Deputy Prime Minister of India
Vallabhbhai Patel
First Talkie Film
Alam Ara (1931)
First Woman Prime Minister
Indira Gandhi
First Woman Central Minister
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
First Woman Chief Minister of a State
Mrs Sucheta Kripalani
First Woman Governor
Mrs Sarojini Naidu
First Woman Minister
Mrs Vijayalakshmi Pandit(U.P)
First Woman Speaker of a State Assembly
Mrs Shanno Devi
First Woman Airline Pilot
Durga Banerjee
First Woman to Win Asiad Gold
Kamlijit Sandhu
First Woman Judge of Supreme Court
Meera Sahib Fatima Beevi
First Woman IPS Officer
Kiran Bedi
First Woman to Win Miss Universe Tile
Ms Susmita Sen
First Woman to Win Noble Prize
Mother Teresa
First Woman to become Miss World
Reita Faria
Thanks to: "PED - Thane - Navare S" snavare@acccement.com
Warren Hastings
First British Governor General of Independent India
Lord Mountbatten
First Chief Justice of India
Hiralal J Kania
First Commander-in-Chief of Free India
General K M Cariappa
First Chief of Air Staff
Air Marshal Sir Thomos Elmhirst
First Indian Air Chief
Air Marshal S Mukherjee
First Chief of Army Staff
General M Rajendra Singh
First Chief of Naval Staff
Vice Admirial R D Katari
First Cosmonaut
Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma
First Field Marshal
SPFJ Manekshaw
First Governor-General of Indian Union
C Rajagopalachari
First Indian to get an Oscar
Bhanu Athaiya
First Indian to reach the South Pole
Col I K Bajaj
First Indian ICS Officer
Satyendra Nath Tagore
First Indian Man to swim across the English Channel
Mihir Sen
First Indian Woman to swim across the English Channel
Miss Arati Saha
First Magsaysay Award Winner
Acharya Vinod Bhave
First Nobel Prize Winner
Rabindra Nath Tagore
First President of the Indian National Congress
W C Benerjee
First Woman President of the Indian National Congress
Annie Besant
First Prime Minister of India
Jawaharlal Nehru
First Deputy Prime Minister of India
Vallabhbhai Patel
First Talkie Film
Alam Ara (1931)
First Woman Prime Minister
Indira Gandhi
First Woman Central Minister
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
First Woman Chief Minister of a State
Mrs Sucheta Kripalani
First Woman Governor
Mrs Sarojini Naidu
First Woman Minister
Mrs Vijayalakshmi Pandit(U.P)
First Woman Speaker of a State Assembly
Mrs Shanno Devi
First Woman Airline Pilot
Durga Banerjee
First Woman to Win Asiad Gold
Kamlijit Sandhu
First Woman Judge of Supreme Court
Meera Sahib Fatima Beevi
First Woman IPS Officer
Kiran Bedi
First Woman to Win Miss Universe Tile
Ms Susmita Sen
First Woman to Win Noble Prize
Mother Teresa
First Woman to become Miss World
Reita Faria
Thanks to: "PED - Thane - Navare S" snavare@acccement.com
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Great Priinciple of Pain and Pleasure
Why does one student succeed at an exam while another fails?
Study is a pain for the failing student.
Study is a pleasure for the rank holder..
Walking into a slum is a pain for many rich people.
But it was a pleasure to Mother Theresa.
People who succeed are those who take pleasure in taking pains.
You too can succeed in life by taking pains.
Life keeps a perfect account.
If you take pains, you will be rewarded with pleasure.
And if you opt for pleasure, you are bound to go through pain.
Take pains in first half of life, you will live in pleasure in the second half.
But take pleasure in first half, your life in the second half will be very painful.
A Great Lesson for every one to know and remember all the time.
Study is a pain for the failing student.
Study is a pleasure for the rank holder..
Walking into a slum is a pain for many rich people.
But it was a pleasure to Mother Theresa.
People who succeed are those who take pleasure in taking pains.
You too can succeed in life by taking pains.
Life keeps a perfect account.
If you take pains, you will be rewarded with pleasure.
And if you opt for pleasure, you are bound to go through pain.
Take pains in first half of life, you will live in pleasure in the second half.
But take pleasure in first half, your life in the second half will be very painful.
A Great Lesson for every one to know and remember all the time.
Story from a Teacher to Students
“Why do we have to learn all these dumb things in School?”
I have heard this question coming from almost all students. I always tell the following story to the students who asked me the above question.
Nomads are a tribe of people who keep moving from place to place in search of livelihood. One such nomad group was traveling.
One day, suddenly they saw some light coming from the sky. The leader of the nomads immediately identified it as appearance of God. He immediately stopped and kneeled down in prayer and enquired God whether there was any message for them.
Yes, there was a message from the sky which said that the nomads may pick up the pebbles as much as they can. And after telling this, the heavenly voice was gone before the nomads could seek any clarification.
Well, any way some nomads picked up the pebbles for them while certain others did not pick up any, thinking that the pebbles would only add to their luggage. They all slept overnight and woke up in the morning.
When they woke up, those who picked up the pebbles were all delighted to see that their pebbles had turned into diamonds. They were glad they had more diamonds.
Many who did not pick up pebbles, were sad they had not picked up more diamonds.’
At the time the students make their studies, all that they gather are uninteresting pebbles, a burden in their journey. But when they come of age and take on this competitive world, they would find that all their pebbles had become diamonds.
I have heard this question coming from almost all students. I always tell the following story to the students who asked me the above question.
Nomads are a tribe of people who keep moving from place to place in search of livelihood. One such nomad group was traveling.
One day, suddenly they saw some light coming from the sky. The leader of the nomads immediately identified it as appearance of God. He immediately stopped and kneeled down in prayer and enquired God whether there was any message for them.
Yes, there was a message from the sky which said that the nomads may pick up the pebbles as much as they can. And after telling this, the heavenly voice was gone before the nomads could seek any clarification.
Well, any way some nomads picked up the pebbles for them while certain others did not pick up any, thinking that the pebbles would only add to their luggage. They all slept overnight and woke up in the morning.
When they woke up, those who picked up the pebbles were all delighted to see that their pebbles had turned into diamonds. They were glad they had more diamonds.
Many who did not pick up pebbles, were sad they had not picked up more diamonds.’
At the time the students make their studies, all that they gather are uninteresting pebbles, a burden in their journey. But when they come of age and take on this competitive world, they would find that all their pebbles had become diamonds.
What gives you 100% Results?
What Gives you 100% Result?
A to Z there are 26 letters.
Let us give values to them
Let A be 1; let B be 2…….let Z be 26.
Then what is the value of the following in our lives?
KNOWLEDGE:
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96
HARD WORK:
8+1+12+4 23+15+18+11 = 98
SKILLS:
19+11+9+12+12+19 = 82
MONEY
13+15+14+5+25 = 72
ATTITUDE:
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100
DISCIPLINE:
4+9+19+3+9+16+12+9+14+5 = 100
So, what is the Moral?
A to Z there are 26 letters.
Let us give values to them
Let A be 1; let B be 2…….let Z be 26.
Then what is the value of the following in our lives?
KNOWLEDGE:
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96
HARD WORK:
8+1+12+4 23+15+18+11 = 98
SKILLS:
19+11+9+12+12+19 = 82
MONEY
13+15+14+5+25 = 72
ATTITUDE:
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100
DISCIPLINE:
4+9+19+3+9+16+12+9+14+5 = 100
So, what is the Moral?
You Can Read This
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit pboerlm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit pboerlm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
Respected Teacher
(Extract from letter written by Abraham Lincoln to the headmaster of the school)
Dear Teacher,
My son will have to learn that:
For every bad guy, there are many good people;
For every selfish person, there are many dedicated people
A dollar earned is of far more value that five dollars found
It is more honorable to fail than to cheat
My dear Teacher,
Teach him the wonders of books
Teach him to be gentle with gentle people, and tough with the tough.
Teach him to listen to all men…but teach him also to filter all he hears on a screen of truth
Teach him to have faith in his own self
Teach him to stand up and fight if he thinks he’s right.”
Dear Teacher,
My son will have to learn that:
For every bad guy, there are many good people;
For every selfish person, there are many dedicated people
A dollar earned is of far more value that five dollars found
It is more honorable to fail than to cheat
My dear Teacher,
Teach him the wonders of books
Teach him to be gentle with gentle people, and tough with the tough.
Teach him to listen to all men…but teach him also to filter all he hears on a screen of truth
Teach him to have faith in his own self
Teach him to stand up and fight if he thinks he’s right.”
How to Focus on Studies
Once Einstein invited a friend to dinner.
When the latter arrived, he found Einstein totally absorbed in his research. In fact, he had forgotten all about the dinner.
The guest sized up the situation, helped himself with the food and quietly returned home.
When Einstein finished his experiment he found empty used plates on the dining table.
He said to himself that possibly he forgot that he had already eaten his dinner. And so went back to the laboratory.
This should be the focus on studies for students.
Well, this should be the focus on whatever we do!
When the latter arrived, he found Einstein totally absorbed in his research. In fact, he had forgotten all about the dinner.
The guest sized up the situation, helped himself with the food and quietly returned home.
When Einstein finished his experiment he found empty used plates on the dining table.
He said to himself that possibly he forgot that he had already eaten his dinner. And so went back to the laboratory.
This should be the focus on studies for students.
Well, this should be the focus on whatever we do!
Presence of Mind
Interviewer said to the Candidate, “I shall ask you either ten easy questions or one really difficult question. Which one you would prefer?”
Candidate: “My choice is for one difficult question.”
Interviewer: “Tell me, what comes first, Day or Night?”
Candidate: ”It is the day, Sir.”
Interviewer: “How?”
Candidate: “Sir, I agreed for only one difficult question”.
Candidate: “My choice is for one difficult question.”
Interviewer: “Tell me, what comes first, Day or Night?”
Candidate: ”It is the day, Sir.”
Interviewer: “How?”
Candidate: “Sir, I agreed for only one difficult question”.
Useful Student Sites on the Net
Browsing, the Net, I found the following sites very good for Students.. Those who have the net connections, could benefit from the material available in these sites.
indianchild.com
jiska.com
answers.com
attitudeiseverything.com
studentcentre.org
support4learning.com
improvingme.com
dimdima.com
convert-me.com
britishcouncil.org.in
hiway.co.uk/~ei/english/index.html for English Grammar
hawaii.edu/suremath/students1.html
for algebra, physics, chemistry
familyeducation.com/channel/0,2916,69,00.html for all subjects
eticomm.net/~panther/cool.htm for all subjects
indianchild.com
jiska.com
answers.com
attitudeiseverything.com
studentcentre.org
support4learning.com
improvingme.com
dimdima.com
convert-me.com
britishcouncil.org.in
hiway.co.uk/~ei/english/index.html for English Grammar
hawaii.edu/suremath/students1.html
for algebra, physics, chemistry
familyeducation.com/channel/0,2916,69,00.html for all subjects
eticomm.net/~panther/cool.htm for all subjects
Importance of ONLY
Only he said that he loved her
He only said that he loved her
He said only that he loved her
He said that only he loved her
He said that he only loved her
He said that he loved only her
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Monday, January 22, 2007
Inventions and Discoveries
A
Air Brake :
George Westinghouse, U.S.A. 1911.
Air Conditioning :
Willis Carrier, U.S.A. 1911.
Airplane :
engine-powered, Wilbur & Orville Wright, U.S.A., 1903.
Airship :
Henri Giffard, France, 1852; Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Germany, 1900.
Antibiotics :
Louis Pasteur, Jules-Francois Joubert, France, 1887; (discovery of penicillin) Alexander Fleming, Scotland, 1928.
Antiseptic :
(surgery) Joseph Lister, England, 1867.
Aspirin :
Dr. Felix Hoffman, Germany, 1899.
Atom :
(nuclear model of) Ernest Rutherford, England, 1911.
Atomic Structure :
Ernest Rutherford, England, 1911; Niels Bohr, Denmark, 1913.
Automated Teller Machine (ATM) :
Don Wetzel, U.S.A., 1968.
Automobile :
(first with internal combustion engine, 250 rmp) Karl Benz, Germany, 1885; (first with practical highspeed internal combustion engine, 900 rpm) Gottlieb Daimler, Germany, 1885; (first true automobile, not carriage with motor) Rene Panhard, Emile Lavassor, France, 1891; (carburetor, spray) Charles E. Duryea, U.S.A., 1892.
Autopilot :
(for aircraft) Elmer A. Sperry, U.S.A., c.1910, first successful test, 1912, in a Curtiss flying boat.
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B
Bacteria :
Anton van Leeuwenhoek, The Netherlands, 1683.
Bakelite :
Leo Hendrik Baekeland, U.S.A., 1907.
Ball Bearing :
Philip Vaughan, England, 1794.
Ballon, Hot-air :
Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier, France, 1783.
Bar Codes :
Monarch Marking, U.S.A. 1970.
Barometer :
Evangelista Torricelli, Italy, 1643.
Bicycle :
Karl D. von Sauebronn, Germany, 1816; (first modern model) James Starley, England, 1884.
Big Bang Theory :
(the universe originated with a huge explosion) George LeMaitre, Belgium, 1927; (modified LeMaitre theory labeled “Big Bang”) George A. Gamov, U.S.A., 1948; (cosmic microwave background radiation discovered) Arno A. Penzias and Robert W. Wilson, U.S.A. 1965.
Blood, Circulation of :
William Harvey, England, 1628.
Bomb, Atomic :
J. Robert Oppenheimer et al., U.S.A., 1945.
Bomb, Thermonuclear (hydrogen) :
Edward Teller et al., U.S.A., 1952.
Boyle’s Law :
(relation between pressure and volume in gases) Robert Boyle, Ireland, 1662.
Braille :
Louis Braille, France, 1829.
Bridges :
(suspension, iron chains) James Finley, Pa., 1800; (wire suspension) Marc Seguin, Lyons, 1825; (truss) Ithiel Town, U.S.A., 1820.
Bullet :
(conical) Claude Minie, France, 1849.
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C
Calculating Machine :
(logarithms) John Napierm Scotland, 1614; (digital calculator) Blaise Pascal, 1642; (multiplication machine) Gottfried Leibniz, Germany, 1671; (“analytical engine” design, included concepts of programming, taping) Charles Babbage, England, 1835.
Camera :
George Eastman, U.S.A., 1888; (Polaroid) Edwin Land, U.S.A., 1948
Car Radio :
William Lear, Elmer Wavering, U.S.A. 1929.
Cells :
Robert Hooke, England, 1665.
Chewing Gum :
John Curtis, U.S.A., 1848; (chicle-based) Thomas Adams, U.S.A., 1870.
Cholera Bacterium :
Robert Koch, Germany, 1883.
Circuit, Integrated :
(theoretical) G.W.A. Dummer, England, 1952; Jack S. Kilby, Texas Instruments, U.S.A., 1959.
Clock, Pendulum :
Christian Huygens, The Netherlands, 1656.
Clock, Quartz :
Warren A. Marrison, Canada/U.S.A. , 1927.
Cloning, Animal :
John B. Gurdon, U.K., 1970.
Coca-Cola :
John Pemberton, U.S.A., 1886.
Combustion :
Antoine Lavoisier, France, 1777.
Compact Disk :
RCA, U.S.A., 1972.
Compact Disk (CD) :
Philips Electronics, The Netherlands; Sony Corp., Japan, 1980.
Computed Tomography (CT scan, CAT scan) :
Godfrey Hounsfield, Allan Cormack, U.K. U.S.A., 1972
Computers :
(analytical engine) Charles Babbage, 1830s; (ENIAC, Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator, first all-electronic, completed) John Presper Eckert, Jr., John Mauchly, U.S.A., 1945; (UNIVAC, Universal Automatic Computer) 1951; (personal computer) Steve Wozniak, U.S.A., 1976.
Computer Laptop :
Radio Shack Corp., U.S.A., 1983.
Concrete :
Joseph Monier, France, 1877.
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D
DDT :
Othmar Zeidler, Germany, 1874.
Detector, Metal :
Gerhard Fisher, Germany/U.S. A., late 1920s.
Deuterium :
(heavy hydrogen) Harold Urey, U.S.A., 1931.
DNA :
(deoxyribonucleic acid) Friedrich Meischer, Germany, 1869; (determination of double-helical structure) F. H. Crick, England and James D. Watson, U.S.A., 1953.
Dye :
William H. Perkin, England, 1856.
Dynamite :
Alfred Nobel, Sweden, 1867.
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E
Electric Generator (dynamo) :
(laboratory model) Michael Faraday, England, 1832; Joseph Henry, U.S.A., c.1832; (hand-driven model) Hippolyte Pixii, France, 1833; (alternating- current generator) Nikola Tesla, U.S.A., 1892.
Electron :
Sir Joseph J. Thompson, U.S.A., 1897.
Electronic Mail :
Ray Tomlinson, U.S.A., 1972.
Elevator, Passenger :
Elisha G. Otis, U.S.A., 1852.
E=mc2
:(equivalence of mass and energy) Albert Einstein, Switzerland, 1907.
Engine, Internal Combustion :
No single inventor. Fundamental theory established by Sadi Carnot, France, 1824; (two-stroke) Etienne Lenoir, France, 1860; (ideal operating cycle for four-stroke) Alphonse Beau de Roche, France, 1862; (operating four-stroke) Nikolaus Otto, Germany, 1876; (diesel) Rudolf Diesel, Germany, 1892; (rotary) Felix Wanket, Germany, 1956.
Evolution :
: (organic) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, France, 1809; (by natural selection) Charles Darwin, England, 1859.
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F
Facsimile (fax) :
Alexander Bain, Scotland, 1842.
Fiber Optics :
Narinder Kapany, England, 1955.
Film Photographic :
George Eastman, U.S.A., 1884.
Flashlight, Battery-operated Portable :
Conrad Hubert, Russia/U.S.A. , 1899
Flask, Vacuum (Thermos) :
Sir James Dewar, Scotland, 1892.
Fuel Cell :
William R. Grove, U.K., 1839
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G
Genetic Engineering :
Stanley N. Cohen, Herbert W. Boyer, U.S.A., 1973.
Gravitation, Law of :
Sir Issac Newton, England, c.1665 (published 1687).
Gunpowder :
China, c.700.
Gyrocompass :
Elmer A. Sperry, U.S.A., 1905.
Gyroscope :
Jean Leon Foucault, France, 1852.
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H
Helicopter :
(double rotor) Heinrich Focke, Germany, 1936; (single rotor) Igor Silorsky, U.S.A., 1939.
Helium First Observed on Sun:
Sir Joseph Lockyer, England, 1868.
Home Videotape Systems (VCR) :
(Betamax) Sony, Japan, (1975); (VHS) Matsushita, Japan, 1975.
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I
Ice Age Theory :
Louis Agassiz, Swiss-American, 1840.
Insulin :
(first isolated) Sir Frederick G. Banting and Charles H. Best, Canada, 1921; (discovery first published) Banting and Best, 1922; (Nobel Prize awarded for purification for use in humans) John Macleod and Banting, 1923; (first synthesized) , China, 1966.
Internet :
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) at the Dept. of Defense, U.S.A., 1969.
Iron, Electric :
Henry W. Seely, U.S.A., 1882.
Isotopes :
Frederick Soddy, England, 1912.
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J
Jet Propulsion :
(engine) Sir Frank Whittle, England, Hans von Ohain, Germany, 1936; (aircraft) Heinkel He 178, 1939.
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L
Laser :
(theoretical work on) Charles H. Townes, Arthur L. Schawlow, U.S.A. Basov, A. Prokhorov, U.S.S.R., 1958; (first working model) T. H. Maiman, U.S.A., 1960.
LCD (liquid crystal display) :
Hoffmann-La Roche, Switzerland, 1970.
Lens, Bifocal :
Benjamin Franklin, U.S.A., c.1760.
Light-Emitting Diode (LED) :
Nick Holonyak, Jr., U.S.A., 1962.
Light, Speed of :
(theory that light has finite velocity) Olaus Roemer, Denmark, 1675.
Locomotive :
(steam powered) Richard Trevithick, England, 1804; (first practical, due to multiple-fire- tube boiler) George Stephenson, England, 1829; (largest steam-powered) Union Pacific’s “Big Boy”, U.S.A., 1941.
Loud Speaker :
Chester W. Rice, Edward W. Kellogg, U.S.A., 1924.
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M
Machine Gun :
(multibarrel) Richard J. Gatling, U.S.A., 1862; (single barrel, belt-fed) Hiram S. Maxim, Anglo-American, 1884.
Magnet, Earth is :
William Gilbert, England, 1600.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) :
Raymond Damadian, Paul Lauterbur, U.S.A., early 1970s.
Matchstick/box :
(phosphorus) Francois Derosne, France, 1816; (friction) Charles Sauria, France, 1831; (safety) J. E. Lundstrom, Sweden, 1855.
Metric System :
Revolutionary government of France, 1790-1801.
Microphone :
Charles Wheatstone, England, 1827.
Microscope :
(compound) Zacharias Janssen, The Netherlands, 1590; (electron) Vladimir Zworykin et al., U.S.A., Canada, Germany, 1932-1939.
Microwave Oven :
Percy Spencer, U.S.A., 1947.
Missile, Guided :
Wernher von Braun, Germany, 1942.
Motion, Laws of :
Isaac Newton, England, 1687.
Motion Pictures :
Thomas A. Edison, U.S.A., 1893.
Motion Pictures, Sound :
Product of various inventions. First picture with synchronized musical score : Don Juan, 1926; with spoken diologue : The Jazz Singer, 1927; both Warner Bros.
Motor, Electric :
Michael Faraday, England, 1822; (alternating- current) Nikola Tesla, U.S.A., 1892.
Motorcycle :
(motor tricycle) Edward Butler, England, 1884; (gasoline-engine motorcycle) Gottlieb Daimler, Germany, 1885.
Moving Assembly Line :
Henry Ford, U.S.A., 1913.
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N
Neutron :
James Chadwick, England, 1932.
Nuclear Fission :
Otto Hahn, Fritz Strassmann, Germany, 1938.
Nuclear Reactor :
Enrico Fermi, Italy, et al., 1942.
Nylon :
Wallace H. Carothers, U.S.A., 1937.
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O
Ozone :
Christian Schonbein, Germany, 1839.
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P
Pacemaker :
Clarence W. Lillehie, Earl Bakk, U.S.A., 1957.
Paper :
China, c.100 A.D.
Parachute :
Louis S. Lenormand, France, 1783.
Pen :
(fountain) Lewis E. Waterman, U.S.A., 1884; (ball-point) John H. Loud, U.S.A., 1888; Lazlo Biro, Argentina, 1944.
Phonograph :
Thomas A. Edison, U.S.A., 1877.
Photography :
(first paper negative, first photograph, on metal) Joseph Nicephore Niepce, France, 1816-1827; (discovery of fixative powers of hyposulfite of soda) Sir John Herschel, England, 1819; (first direct positive image on silver plate) Louis Dagauerre, based on work with Niepce, France, 1839; (first paper negative from which a number of positive prints could be made) William Talbot, England, 1841. Work of these four men, taken together, forms basis for all modern photography. (First color images) Alexandre Becquerel, Claude Niepce de Saint-Victor, France, 1848-1860; (commercial color film with three emulsion layers, Kodachrome) U.S.A. 1935.
Photovoltaic Effect :
(light falling on certain materials can produce electricity) Edmund Becquerel, France, 1839.
Planetary Motion, Laws of :
Johannes Kepler, Germany, 1609, 1619.
Plastics :
(first material nitrocellulose softened by vegetable oil, camphor, precursor to Celluloid) Alexander Parkes, England, 1855; (Celluloid, involving recognition of vital effect of camphor) John W. Hyatt, U.S.A., 1869; (Bakelite, first completely synthetic plastic) Leo H. Baekeland, U.S.A., 1910; (theoretical background of macromolecules and process of polymerization on which modern plastics industry rests) Hermann Staudinger, Germany, 1922; (polypropylene and low-pressure method for producing high-density polyethylene) Robert Banks, Paul Hogan, U.S.A., 1958.
Polio, Vaccine :
(experimentally safe dead-virus vaccine) Jonas E. Salk, U.S.A., 1952; (effective large-scale field trials) 1954; (officially approved) 1955; (safe oral live-virus vaccine developed) Albert B. Sabin, U.S.A. 1954; (available in the U.S.A.) 1960.
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) :
Eugen Baumann, Germany, 1872.
Printing :
(block) Japan, c.700; (movable type) Korea, c.1400, Johann Gutenberg, Germany, c.1450; (lithography, offset) Aloys Senefelder, Germany, 1796; (rotary press) Richard Hoe, U.S.A. 1844; (linotype) Ottmar Mergenthaler, U.S.A., 1884.
Printing Press, Movable Type :
Johannes Gutenburg, Germany, c.1450.
Proton :
Ernest Rutherford, England, 1919.
Pulsars :
Antony Hewish and Jocelyn Bell Burnel, England, 1967.
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Q
Quantum Theory :
(general) Max Planck, Germany, 1900; (sub-atomic) Niels Bohr, Denmark, 1913; (quantum mechanics) Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrodinger, Germany, 1925.
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R
Rabies Immunization :
Louis Pasteur, France, 1885.
Radar :
(limited range) Christian Hulsmeyer, Germany, 1904; (pulse modulation, used for measuring height of ionosphere) Gregory Breit, Merle Tuve, U.S.A., 1925; (first practical radar-radio detection and ranging) Sir Robert Watson-Watt, England, 1934-1935.
Radio :
(electromagnetism theory of) James Clerk Maxwell, England, 1873; (spark coil, generator of electromagnetic waves) Heinrich Hertz, Germany, 1886; (first practical system of wireless telegraphy) Guglielmo Marconi, Italy, 1895; (first long-distance telegraphic radio signal sent across the Atlantic) Macroni, 1901; (vacuum electron tube, basis for radio telephony) Sir John Fleming, England, 1904; (regenerative circuit, allowing long-distance sound reception) Edwin H. Armstrong, U.S.A., 1912; (frequency modulation-FM) Edwin H. Armstrong, U.S.A., 1933.
Radiocarbon Dating, Carbon-14 Method :
(discovered) Willard F. Libby, U.S.A., 1947; (first demonstrated) U.S.A., 1950.
Razor :
(safety) King Gillette, U.S.A., 1901; (electric) Jacob Schick, U.S.A., 1928, 1931.
Refrigerator :
Alexander Twining, U.S.A., James Harrison, Australia, 1850; (first with a compressor) the Domelse, Chicago, U.S.A., 1913.
Remote Control, Television :
Robert Adler, U.S.A., 1950.
Richter Scale :
Charles F. Richter, U.S.A., 1935.
Rifle :
(muzzle-loaded) Italy, Germany, c.1475; (breech-loaded) England, France, Germany, U.S.A., c.1866; (bolt-action) Paul von Mauser, Germany, 1889; (automatic) John Browning, U.S.A., 1918.
Rocket :
(liquid-fueled) Robert Goddard, U.S.A., 1926.
Rotation of Earth :
Jean Bernard Foucault, France, 1851.
Rubber :
(vulcanization process) Charles Goodyear, U.S.A., 1839.
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S
Saccharin :
Constantine Fuhlberg, Ira Remsen, U.S.A., 1879.
Safety Pin :
Walter Hunt, U.S.A., 1849.
Saturn, Ring Around :
Christian Huygens, The Netherlands, 1659.
Seismograph :
(first accurate) John Bohlin, Sweden, 1962.
Sewing Machine :
Elias Howe, U.S.A., 1846; (continuous stitch) Isaac Singer, U.S.A., 1851.
Spectrum :
Sir Isaac Newton, England, 1665-1666.
Steam Engine :
Thomas Savery, England, 1639; (atmospheric steam engine) Thomas Newcomen, England, 1705; (steam engine for pumping water from collieries) Savery, Newcomen, 1725; (modern condensing, double acting) James Watt, England, 1782; (high-pressure) Oliver Evans, U.S.A., 1804.
Steel, Stainless :
Harry Brearley, U.K., 1914.
Stethoscope :
Rene Laennec, France, 1819.
Submarine :
Cornelis Drebbel, The Netherlands, 1620.
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T
Tank, Military :
Sir Ernest Swinton, England, 1914.
Tape Recorder :
Valdemar Poulsen, Denmark, 1899.
Teflon :
DuPont, U.S.A., 1943.
Telegraph :
Samuel F. B. Morse, U.S.A., 1837.
Telephone :
Alexander Graham Bell, U.S.A., 1837.
Telephoe, Mobile :
Bell Laboratories, U.S.A., 1946.
Telescope :
Hans Lippershey, The Netherlands, 1608; (astronomical) Galileo Galilei, Italy, 1609; (reflecting) Isaac Newton, England, 1668.
Television :
Vladimir Zworykin, U.S.A., 1923, and also kinescope (cathode ray tube) 1928; (mechanical disk-scanning method) successfully demaonstrated by J. L. Baird, Scotland, C. F. Jenkins, U.S.A., 1926; (first all-electric television image) Philo T. Famsworth, U.S.A., 1927; (color, mechanical disk) Baird, 1928; (color, compatible with black and white) George Valensi, France, 1938; (color, sequential rotating filter) Peter Goldmark, U.S.A., first introduced, 1951; (color, compatible with black and white) commercially introduced in U.S.A., National Television Systems committee, 1953.
Thermodynamics :
(first law : energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted from one from to another) Julius Von Mayer, Germany, 1842; James Joule, England, 1843; (second law : heat cannot itself pass from a colder to a warmer body) Rudolph Clausius, Germany, 1850; (third law : the entropy of ordered solids reaches zero at the absolute zero of temperature) Walter Nernstm Germany, 1918.
Thermometer :
(open-column) Galileo Galilei, c.1593; (clinical) Santorio Santorio, Padua, c.1615; (mercury, also Fahrenheit scale) Gabriel D. Fahrenheit, Germany, 1714; (centigrade scale) Anders Celsius, Sweden, 1742; (absolute-temperatu re, or Kelvin, scale) William Thompson, Lord Kelvin, England, 1848.
Tire, Pneumatic :
Robert W. Thompson, England, 1845; (bicycle tire) John B. Dunlop, Northern Ireland, 1888.
Transformer, Electric :
William Stanely, U.S.A., 1885.
Transistor :
John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain, William B. Shockley, U.S.A., 1947.
Typewriter :
Christopher Sholes, Carlos Glidden, U.S.A., 1867.
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V
Velcro :
George de Mestral, Switzerland, 1948.
Video Disk :
Philips Co., The Netherlands, 1972.
Vitamins :
(hypothesis of disease deficiency) Sir F. G. Hopkins, Casimir Funk, England, 1912; (vitamin A) Elmer V. McCollum, M. Davis, U.S.A., 1912-1914; (vitamin B) McCollum, U.S.A., 1915-1916; (thiamin B1) Casimir Funk, England, 1912; ( riboflavin, B2) D. T. Smith, E. G. Hendrick, U.S.A., 1926; (niacin) Conrad Elvehjem, U.S.A., 1937; (B6) Paul Gyorgy, U.S.A., 1934; (vitamin C) C. A. Hoist, T. Froelich, Norway, 1912; (vitamin D) McCollum, U.S.A., 1922; (folic acid) Lucy Wills, England, 1933.
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W
Wheel :
(cart, solid wood) Mesopotamia, c.3800-3600 B.C.
Windmill :
Persia, c.600.
World Wide Web :
(developed while working at CERN) Tim Berners-Lee, England, 1989; (development of Mosaic browser makes WWW available for general use) Marc Andreeson, U.S.A., 1993.
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X
X-ray Imaging :
Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen, Germany, 1895.
Xerography :
Chester Carlson, U.S.A., 1900.
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Z
Zero :
India, c.600; (absolute zero temperature, cessation of all molecular energy) William Thompson, Lord Kelvin, England, 1848.
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Air Brake :
George Westinghouse, U.S.A. 1911.
Air Conditioning :
Willis Carrier, U.S.A. 1911.
Airplane :
engine-powered, Wilbur & Orville Wright, U.S.A., 1903.
Airship :
Henri Giffard, France, 1852; Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Germany, 1900.
Antibiotics :
Louis Pasteur, Jules-Francois Joubert, France, 1887; (discovery of penicillin) Alexander Fleming, Scotland, 1928.
Antiseptic :
(surgery) Joseph Lister, England, 1867.
Aspirin :
Dr. Felix Hoffman, Germany, 1899.
Atom :
(nuclear model of) Ernest Rutherford, England, 1911.
Atomic Structure :
Ernest Rutherford, England, 1911; Niels Bohr, Denmark, 1913.
Automated Teller Machine (ATM) :
Don Wetzel, U.S.A., 1968.
Automobile :
(first with internal combustion engine, 250 rmp) Karl Benz, Germany, 1885; (first with practical highspeed internal combustion engine, 900 rpm) Gottlieb Daimler, Germany, 1885; (first true automobile, not carriage with motor) Rene Panhard, Emile Lavassor, France, 1891; (carburetor, spray) Charles E. Duryea, U.S.A., 1892.
Autopilot :
(for aircraft) Elmer A. Sperry, U.S.A., c.1910, first successful test, 1912, in a Curtiss flying boat.
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B
Bacteria :
Anton van Leeuwenhoek, The Netherlands, 1683.
Bakelite :
Leo Hendrik Baekeland, U.S.A., 1907.
Ball Bearing :
Philip Vaughan, England, 1794.
Ballon, Hot-air :
Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier, France, 1783.
Bar Codes :
Monarch Marking, U.S.A. 1970.
Barometer :
Evangelista Torricelli, Italy, 1643.
Bicycle :
Karl D. von Sauebronn, Germany, 1816; (first modern model) James Starley, England, 1884.
Big Bang Theory :
(the universe originated with a huge explosion) George LeMaitre, Belgium, 1927; (modified LeMaitre theory labeled “Big Bang”) George A. Gamov, U.S.A., 1948; (cosmic microwave background radiation discovered) Arno A. Penzias and Robert W. Wilson, U.S.A. 1965.
Blood, Circulation of :
William Harvey, England, 1628.
Bomb, Atomic :
J. Robert Oppenheimer et al., U.S.A., 1945.
Bomb, Thermonuclear (hydrogen) :
Edward Teller et al., U.S.A., 1952.
Boyle’s Law :
(relation between pressure and volume in gases) Robert Boyle, Ireland, 1662.
Braille :
Louis Braille, France, 1829.
Bridges :
(suspension, iron chains) James Finley, Pa., 1800; (wire suspension) Marc Seguin, Lyons, 1825; (truss) Ithiel Town, U.S.A., 1820.
Bullet :
(conical) Claude Minie, France, 1849.
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C
Calculating Machine :
(logarithms) John Napierm Scotland, 1614; (digital calculator) Blaise Pascal, 1642; (multiplication machine) Gottfried Leibniz, Germany, 1671; (“analytical engine” design, included concepts of programming, taping) Charles Babbage, England, 1835.
Camera :
George Eastman, U.S.A., 1888; (Polaroid) Edwin Land, U.S.A., 1948
Car Radio :
William Lear, Elmer Wavering, U.S.A. 1929.
Cells :
Robert Hooke, England, 1665.
Chewing Gum :
John Curtis, U.S.A., 1848; (chicle-based) Thomas Adams, U.S.A., 1870.
Cholera Bacterium :
Robert Koch, Germany, 1883.
Circuit, Integrated :
(theoretical) G.W.A. Dummer, England, 1952; Jack S. Kilby, Texas Instruments, U.S.A., 1959.
Clock, Pendulum :
Christian Huygens, The Netherlands, 1656.
Clock, Quartz :
Warren A. Marrison, Canada/U.S.A. , 1927.
Cloning, Animal :
John B. Gurdon, U.K., 1970.
Coca-Cola :
John Pemberton, U.S.A., 1886.
Combustion :
Antoine Lavoisier, France, 1777.
Compact Disk :
RCA, U.S.A., 1972.
Compact Disk (CD) :
Philips Electronics, The Netherlands; Sony Corp., Japan, 1980.
Computed Tomography (CT scan, CAT scan) :
Godfrey Hounsfield, Allan Cormack, U.K. U.S.A., 1972
Computers :
(analytical engine) Charles Babbage, 1830s; (ENIAC, Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator, first all-electronic, completed) John Presper Eckert, Jr., John Mauchly, U.S.A., 1945; (UNIVAC, Universal Automatic Computer) 1951; (personal computer) Steve Wozniak, U.S.A., 1976.
Computer Laptop :
Radio Shack Corp., U.S.A., 1983.
Concrete :
Joseph Monier, France, 1877.
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DDT :
Othmar Zeidler, Germany, 1874.
Detector, Metal :
Gerhard Fisher, Germany/U.S. A., late 1920s.
Deuterium :
(heavy hydrogen) Harold Urey, U.S.A., 1931.
DNA :
(deoxyribonucleic acid) Friedrich Meischer, Germany, 1869; (determination of double-helical structure) F. H. Crick, England and James D. Watson, U.S.A., 1953.
Dye :
William H. Perkin, England, 1856.
Dynamite :
Alfred Nobel, Sweden, 1867.
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E
Electric Generator (dynamo) :
(laboratory model) Michael Faraday, England, 1832; Joseph Henry, U.S.A., c.1832; (hand-driven model) Hippolyte Pixii, France, 1833; (alternating- current generator) Nikola Tesla, U.S.A., 1892.
Electron :
Sir Joseph J. Thompson, U.S.A., 1897.
Electronic Mail :
Ray Tomlinson, U.S.A., 1972.
Elevator, Passenger :
Elisha G. Otis, U.S.A., 1852.
E=mc2
:(equivalence of mass and energy) Albert Einstein, Switzerland, 1907.
Engine, Internal Combustion :
No single inventor. Fundamental theory established by Sadi Carnot, France, 1824; (two-stroke) Etienne Lenoir, France, 1860; (ideal operating cycle for four-stroke) Alphonse Beau de Roche, France, 1862; (operating four-stroke) Nikolaus Otto, Germany, 1876; (diesel) Rudolf Diesel, Germany, 1892; (rotary) Felix Wanket, Germany, 1956.
Evolution :
: (organic) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, France, 1809; (by natural selection) Charles Darwin, England, 1859.
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F
Facsimile (fax) :
Alexander Bain, Scotland, 1842.
Fiber Optics :
Narinder Kapany, England, 1955.
Film Photographic :
George Eastman, U.S.A., 1884.
Flashlight, Battery-operated Portable :
Conrad Hubert, Russia/U.S.A. , 1899
Flask, Vacuum (Thermos) :
Sir James Dewar, Scotland, 1892.
Fuel Cell :
William R. Grove, U.K., 1839
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G
Genetic Engineering :
Stanley N. Cohen, Herbert W. Boyer, U.S.A., 1973.
Gravitation, Law of :
Sir Issac Newton, England, c.1665 (published 1687).
Gunpowder :
China, c.700.
Gyrocompass :
Elmer A. Sperry, U.S.A., 1905.
Gyroscope :
Jean Leon Foucault, France, 1852.
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H
Helicopter :
(double rotor) Heinrich Focke, Germany, 1936; (single rotor) Igor Silorsky, U.S.A., 1939.
Helium First Observed on Sun:
Sir Joseph Lockyer, England, 1868.
Home Videotape Systems (VCR) :
(Betamax) Sony, Japan, (1975); (VHS) Matsushita, Japan, 1975.
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I
Ice Age Theory :
Louis Agassiz, Swiss-American, 1840.
Insulin :
(first isolated) Sir Frederick G. Banting and Charles H. Best, Canada, 1921; (discovery first published) Banting and Best, 1922; (Nobel Prize awarded for purification for use in humans) John Macleod and Banting, 1923; (first synthesized) , China, 1966.
Internet :
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) at the Dept. of Defense, U.S.A., 1969.
Iron, Electric :
Henry W. Seely, U.S.A., 1882.
Isotopes :
Frederick Soddy, England, 1912.
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J
Jet Propulsion :
(engine) Sir Frank Whittle, England, Hans von Ohain, Germany, 1936; (aircraft) Heinkel He 178, 1939.
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L
Laser :
(theoretical work on) Charles H. Townes, Arthur L. Schawlow, U.S.A. Basov, A. Prokhorov, U.S.S.R., 1958; (first working model) T. H. Maiman, U.S.A., 1960.
LCD (liquid crystal display) :
Hoffmann-La Roche, Switzerland, 1970.
Lens, Bifocal :
Benjamin Franklin, U.S.A., c.1760.
Light-Emitting Diode (LED) :
Nick Holonyak, Jr., U.S.A., 1962.
Light, Speed of :
(theory that light has finite velocity) Olaus Roemer, Denmark, 1675.
Locomotive :
(steam powered) Richard Trevithick, England, 1804; (first practical, due to multiple-fire- tube boiler) George Stephenson, England, 1829; (largest steam-powered) Union Pacific’s “Big Boy”, U.S.A., 1941.
Loud Speaker :
Chester W. Rice, Edward W. Kellogg, U.S.A., 1924.
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M
Machine Gun :
(multibarrel) Richard J. Gatling, U.S.A., 1862; (single barrel, belt-fed) Hiram S. Maxim, Anglo-American, 1884.
Magnet, Earth is :
William Gilbert, England, 1600.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) :
Raymond Damadian, Paul Lauterbur, U.S.A., early 1970s.
Matchstick/box :
(phosphorus) Francois Derosne, France, 1816; (friction) Charles Sauria, France, 1831; (safety) J. E. Lundstrom, Sweden, 1855.
Metric System :
Revolutionary government of France, 1790-1801.
Microphone :
Charles Wheatstone, England, 1827.
Microscope :
(compound) Zacharias Janssen, The Netherlands, 1590; (electron) Vladimir Zworykin et al., U.S.A., Canada, Germany, 1932-1939.
Microwave Oven :
Percy Spencer, U.S.A., 1947.
Missile, Guided :
Wernher von Braun, Germany, 1942.
Motion, Laws of :
Isaac Newton, England, 1687.
Motion Pictures :
Thomas A. Edison, U.S.A., 1893.
Motion Pictures, Sound :
Product of various inventions. First picture with synchronized musical score : Don Juan, 1926; with spoken diologue : The Jazz Singer, 1927; both Warner Bros.
Motor, Electric :
Michael Faraday, England, 1822; (alternating- current) Nikola Tesla, U.S.A., 1892.
Motorcycle :
(motor tricycle) Edward Butler, England, 1884; (gasoline-engine motorcycle) Gottlieb Daimler, Germany, 1885.
Moving Assembly Line :
Henry Ford, U.S.A., 1913.
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N
Neutron :
James Chadwick, England, 1932.
Nuclear Fission :
Otto Hahn, Fritz Strassmann, Germany, 1938.
Nuclear Reactor :
Enrico Fermi, Italy, et al., 1942.
Nylon :
Wallace H. Carothers, U.S.A., 1937.
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O
Ozone :
Christian Schonbein, Germany, 1839.
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P
Pacemaker :
Clarence W. Lillehie, Earl Bakk, U.S.A., 1957.
Paper :
China, c.100 A.D.
Parachute :
Louis S. Lenormand, France, 1783.
Pen :
(fountain) Lewis E. Waterman, U.S.A., 1884; (ball-point) John H. Loud, U.S.A., 1888; Lazlo Biro, Argentina, 1944.
Phonograph :
Thomas A. Edison, U.S.A., 1877.
Photography :
(first paper negative, first photograph, on metal) Joseph Nicephore Niepce, France, 1816-1827; (discovery of fixative powers of hyposulfite of soda) Sir John Herschel, England, 1819; (first direct positive image on silver plate) Louis Dagauerre, based on work with Niepce, France, 1839; (first paper negative from which a number of positive prints could be made) William Talbot, England, 1841. Work of these four men, taken together, forms basis for all modern photography. (First color images) Alexandre Becquerel, Claude Niepce de Saint-Victor, France, 1848-1860; (commercial color film with three emulsion layers, Kodachrome) U.S.A. 1935.
Photovoltaic Effect :
(light falling on certain materials can produce electricity) Edmund Becquerel, France, 1839.
Planetary Motion, Laws of :
Johannes Kepler, Germany, 1609, 1619.
Plastics :
(first material nitrocellulose softened by vegetable oil, camphor, precursor to Celluloid) Alexander Parkes, England, 1855; (Celluloid, involving recognition of vital effect of camphor) John W. Hyatt, U.S.A., 1869; (Bakelite, first completely synthetic plastic) Leo H. Baekeland, U.S.A., 1910; (theoretical background of macromolecules and process of polymerization on which modern plastics industry rests) Hermann Staudinger, Germany, 1922; (polypropylene and low-pressure method for producing high-density polyethylene) Robert Banks, Paul Hogan, U.S.A., 1958.
Polio, Vaccine :
(experimentally safe dead-virus vaccine) Jonas E. Salk, U.S.A., 1952; (effective large-scale field trials) 1954; (officially approved) 1955; (safe oral live-virus vaccine developed) Albert B. Sabin, U.S.A. 1954; (available in the U.S.A.) 1960.
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) :
Eugen Baumann, Germany, 1872.
Printing :
(block) Japan, c.700; (movable type) Korea, c.1400, Johann Gutenberg, Germany, c.1450; (lithography, offset) Aloys Senefelder, Germany, 1796; (rotary press) Richard Hoe, U.S.A. 1844; (linotype) Ottmar Mergenthaler, U.S.A., 1884.
Printing Press, Movable Type :
Johannes Gutenburg, Germany, c.1450.
Proton :
Ernest Rutherford, England, 1919.
Pulsars :
Antony Hewish and Jocelyn Bell Burnel, England, 1967.
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Q
Quantum Theory :
(general) Max Planck, Germany, 1900; (sub-atomic) Niels Bohr, Denmark, 1913; (quantum mechanics) Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrodinger, Germany, 1925.
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R
Rabies Immunization :
Louis Pasteur, France, 1885.
Radar :
(limited range) Christian Hulsmeyer, Germany, 1904; (pulse modulation, used for measuring height of ionosphere) Gregory Breit, Merle Tuve, U.S.A., 1925; (first practical radar-radio detection and ranging) Sir Robert Watson-Watt, England, 1934-1935.
Radio :
(electromagnetism theory of) James Clerk Maxwell, England, 1873; (spark coil, generator of electromagnetic waves) Heinrich Hertz, Germany, 1886; (first practical system of wireless telegraphy) Guglielmo Marconi, Italy, 1895; (first long-distance telegraphic radio signal sent across the Atlantic) Macroni, 1901; (vacuum electron tube, basis for radio telephony) Sir John Fleming, England, 1904; (regenerative circuit, allowing long-distance sound reception) Edwin H. Armstrong, U.S.A., 1912; (frequency modulation-FM) Edwin H. Armstrong, U.S.A., 1933.
Radiocarbon Dating, Carbon-14 Method :
(discovered) Willard F. Libby, U.S.A., 1947; (first demonstrated) U.S.A., 1950.
Razor :
(safety) King Gillette, U.S.A., 1901; (electric) Jacob Schick, U.S.A., 1928, 1931.
Refrigerator :
Alexander Twining, U.S.A., James Harrison, Australia, 1850; (first with a compressor) the Domelse, Chicago, U.S.A., 1913.
Remote Control, Television :
Robert Adler, U.S.A., 1950.
Richter Scale :
Charles F. Richter, U.S.A., 1935.
Rifle :
(muzzle-loaded) Italy, Germany, c.1475; (breech-loaded) England, France, Germany, U.S.A., c.1866; (bolt-action) Paul von Mauser, Germany, 1889; (automatic) John Browning, U.S.A., 1918.
Rocket :
(liquid-fueled) Robert Goddard, U.S.A., 1926.
Rotation of Earth :
Jean Bernard Foucault, France, 1851.
Rubber :
(vulcanization process) Charles Goodyear, U.S.A., 1839.
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S
Saccharin :
Constantine Fuhlberg, Ira Remsen, U.S.A., 1879.
Safety Pin :
Walter Hunt, U.S.A., 1849.
Saturn, Ring Around :
Christian Huygens, The Netherlands, 1659.
Seismograph :
(first accurate) John Bohlin, Sweden, 1962.
Sewing Machine :
Elias Howe, U.S.A., 1846; (continuous stitch) Isaac Singer, U.S.A., 1851.
Spectrum :
Sir Isaac Newton, England, 1665-1666.
Steam Engine :
Thomas Savery, England, 1639; (atmospheric steam engine) Thomas Newcomen, England, 1705; (steam engine for pumping water from collieries) Savery, Newcomen, 1725; (modern condensing, double acting) James Watt, England, 1782; (high-pressure) Oliver Evans, U.S.A., 1804.
Steel, Stainless :
Harry Brearley, U.K., 1914.
Stethoscope :
Rene Laennec, France, 1819.
Submarine :
Cornelis Drebbel, The Netherlands, 1620.
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T
Tank, Military :
Sir Ernest Swinton, England, 1914.
Tape Recorder :
Valdemar Poulsen, Denmark, 1899.
Teflon :
DuPont, U.S.A., 1943.
Telegraph :
Samuel F. B. Morse, U.S.A., 1837.
Telephone :
Alexander Graham Bell, U.S.A., 1837.
Telephoe, Mobile :
Bell Laboratories, U.S.A., 1946.
Telescope :
Hans Lippershey, The Netherlands, 1608; (astronomical) Galileo Galilei, Italy, 1609; (reflecting) Isaac Newton, England, 1668.
Television :
Vladimir Zworykin, U.S.A., 1923, and also kinescope (cathode ray tube) 1928; (mechanical disk-scanning method) successfully demaonstrated by J. L. Baird, Scotland, C. F. Jenkins, U.S.A., 1926; (first all-electric television image) Philo T. Famsworth, U.S.A., 1927; (color, mechanical disk) Baird, 1928; (color, compatible with black and white) George Valensi, France, 1938; (color, sequential rotating filter) Peter Goldmark, U.S.A., first introduced, 1951; (color, compatible with black and white) commercially introduced in U.S.A., National Television Systems committee, 1953.
Thermodynamics :
(first law : energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted from one from to another) Julius Von Mayer, Germany, 1842; James Joule, England, 1843; (second law : heat cannot itself pass from a colder to a warmer body) Rudolph Clausius, Germany, 1850; (third law : the entropy of ordered solids reaches zero at the absolute zero of temperature) Walter Nernstm Germany, 1918.
Thermometer :
(open-column) Galileo Galilei, c.1593; (clinical) Santorio Santorio, Padua, c.1615; (mercury, also Fahrenheit scale) Gabriel D. Fahrenheit, Germany, 1714; (centigrade scale) Anders Celsius, Sweden, 1742; (absolute-temperatu re, or Kelvin, scale) William Thompson, Lord Kelvin, England, 1848.
Tire, Pneumatic :
Robert W. Thompson, England, 1845; (bicycle tire) John B. Dunlop, Northern Ireland, 1888.
Transformer, Electric :
William Stanely, U.S.A., 1885.
Transistor :
John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain, William B. Shockley, U.S.A., 1947.
Typewriter :
Christopher Sholes, Carlos Glidden, U.S.A., 1867.
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Velcro :
George de Mestral, Switzerland, 1948.
Video Disk :
Philips Co., The Netherlands, 1972.
Vitamins :
(hypothesis of disease deficiency) Sir F. G. Hopkins, Casimir Funk, England, 1912; (vitamin A) Elmer V. McCollum, M. Davis, U.S.A., 1912-1914; (vitamin B) McCollum, U.S.A., 1915-1916; (thiamin B1) Casimir Funk, England, 1912; ( riboflavin, B2) D. T. Smith, E. G. Hendrick, U.S.A., 1926; (niacin) Conrad Elvehjem, U.S.A., 1937; (B6) Paul Gyorgy, U.S.A., 1934; (vitamin C) C. A. Hoist, T. Froelich, Norway, 1912; (vitamin D) McCollum, U.S.A., 1922; (folic acid) Lucy Wills, England, 1933.
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Wheel :
(cart, solid wood) Mesopotamia, c.3800-3600 B.C.
Windmill :
Persia, c.600.
World Wide Web :
(developed while working at CERN) Tim Berners-Lee, England, 1989; (development of Mosaic browser makes WWW available for general use) Marc Andreeson, U.S.A., 1993.
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X-ray Imaging :
Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen, Germany, 1895.
Xerography :
Chester Carlson, U.S.A., 1900.
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Zero :
India, c.600; (absolute zero temperature, cessation of all molecular energy) William Thompson, Lord Kelvin, England, 1848.
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1000 English Proverbs and Sayings
1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
2. A bad corn promise is better than a good lawsuit.
3. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
4. A bargain is a bargain.
5. A beggar can never be bankrupt.
6. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
7. A bird may be known by its song.
8. A black hen lays a white egg.
9. A blind leader of the blind.
10. A blind man would be glad to see.
11. A broken friendship may be soldered, but will never be sound.
12. A burden of one's own choice is not felt.
13. A burnt child dreads the fire.
14. A cat in gloves catches no mice.
15. A city that parleys is half gotten.
16. A civil denial is better than a rude grant.
17. A clean fast is better than a dirty breakfast.
18. A clean hand wants no washing.
19. A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.
20. A close mouth catches no flies.
21. A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.
22. A cracked bell can never sound well.
23. A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.
24. A curst cow has short horns.
25. A danger foreseen is half avoided.
26. A drop in the bucket.
27. A drowning man will catch at a straw.
28. A fair face may hide a foul heart.
29. A fault confessed is half redressed.
30. A fly in the ointment.
31. A fool always rushes to the fore.
32. A fool and his money are soon parted.
33. A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
34. A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
35. A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.
36. A fool's tongue runs before his wit.
37. A forced kindness deserves no thanks.
38. A foul morn may turn to a fair day.
39. A fox is not taken twice in the same snare.
40. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
41. A friend is never known till needed.
42. A friend to all is a friend to none.
43. A friend's frown is better than a foe's smile.
44. A good anvil does not fear the hammer.
45. A good beginning is half the battle.
46. A good beginning makes a good ending.
47. A good deed is never lost.
48. A good dog deserves a good bone.
49. A good example is the best sermon.
50. A good face is a letter of recommendation.
51. A good Jack makes a good Jill.
52. A good marksman may miss.
53. A good name is better than riches.
54. A good name is sooner lost than won.
55. A good name keeps its lustre in the dark.
56. A good wife makes a good husband.
57. A great dowry is a bed full of brambles.
58. A great fortune is a great slavery.
59. A great ship asks deep waters.
60. A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
61. A hard nut to crack.
62. A heavy purse makes a light heart.
63. A hedge between keeps friendship green.
64. A honey tongue, a heart of gall.
65. A hungry belly has no ears.
66. A hungry man is an angry man.
67. A Jack of all trades is master of none.
68. A Joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend.
69. A lawyer never goes to law himself.
70. A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy.
71. A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
72. A lie begets a lie.
73. A light purse is a heavy curse.
74. A light purse makes a heavy heart.
76. A little fire is quickly trodden out.
77. A man can die but once.
78. A man can do no more than he can.
79. A man is known by the company he keeps.
80. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
81. A miserly father makes a prodigal son.
82. A miss is as good as a mile.
83. A new broom sweeps clean.
84. A nod from a lord is a breakfast for a fool.
85. A penny saved is a penny gained.
86. A penny soul never came to twopence.
87. A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
88. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
89. A round peg in a square hole.
90. A shy cat makes a proud mouse.
91. A silent fool is counted wise.
92. A small leak will sink a great ship.
93. A soft answer turns away wrath.
94. A sound mind in a sound body.
95. A stitch in time saves nine.
96. A storm in a teacup.
97. A tattler is worse than a thief.
98. A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf.
99. A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich.
100. A threatened blow is seldom given.
101. A tree is known by its fruit.
102. A wager is a fool's argument.
103. A watched pot never boils.
104. A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will.
105. A wolf in sheep's clothing.
106. A wonder lasts but nine days.
107. A word is enough to the wise.
108. A word spoken is past recalling.
109. Actions speak louder than words.
110. Adversity is a great schoolmaster.
111. Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
112. After a storm comes a calm.
113. After dinner comes the reckoning.
114. After dinner sit (sleep) a while, after supper walk a mile.
115. After rain comes fair weather.
116. After us the deluge.
117. Agues come on horseback, but go away on foot.
118. All are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives?
119. All are not friends that speak us fair.
120. All are not hunters that blow the horn.
121. All are not merry that dance lightly.
122. All are not saints that go to church.
123. All asses wag their ears.
124. All bread is not baked in one oven.
125. All cats are grey in the dark (in the night).
126. All covet, all lose.
127. All doors open to courtesy.
128. All is fish that comes to his net.
129. All is not lost that is in peril.
130. All is well that ends well.
131. All lay load on the willing horse.
132. All men can't be first.
133. All men can't be masters.
134. All promises are either broken or kept.
135. All roads lead to Rome .
136. All sugar and honey.
137. All that glitters is not gold.
138. All things are difficult before they are easy.
139. All truths are not to be told.
140. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
141. "Almost" never killed a fly (was never hanged).
142. Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.
143. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
144. An ass in a lion's skin.
. An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold.
146. An ass loaded with gold climbs to the top of the castle.
147. An empty hand is no lure for a hawk.
148. An empty sack cannot stand upright.
149. An empty vessel gives a greater sound than a full barrel.
150. An evil chance seldom comes alone.
151. An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told. 152. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.153. An idle brain is the devil's workshop.154. An ill wound is cured, not an ill name. 155. An oak is not felled at one stroke.156. An old dog barks not in vain. 157. An open door may tempt a saint.158. An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of learning.159. An ox is taken by the horns, and a man by the tongue. 160. An unfortunate man would be drowned in a teacup.
161. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.162. Any port in a storm.163. Appearances are deceitful.164. Appetite comes with eating.165. As drunk as a lord. 166. As innocent as a babe unborn.167. As like as an apple to an oyster. 168. As like as two peas.169. As old as the hills.170. As plain as the nose on a man's face.
171. As plain as two and two make four. 172. As snug as a bug in a rug .173. As sure as eggs is eggs.174. As the call, so the echo.175. As the fool thinks, so the bell clinks.176. As the old cock crows, so does the young.177. As the tree falls, so shall it lie. 178. As the tree, so the fruit.179. As welcome as flowers in May. 180. As welcome as water in one's shoes.
181. As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb.182. As you brew, so must you drink.183. As you make your bed, so must you lie on it. 184. As you sow, so shall you reap. 185. Ask no questions and you will be told no lies.186. At the ends of the earth.187. Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune .188. Bad news has wings.189. Barking does seldom bite. 190. Be slow to promise and quick to perform.
191. Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 192. Beauty is but skin-deep.193. Beauty lies in lover's eyes. 194. Before one can say Jack Robinson.195. Before you make a friend eat a bushel of salt with him. 196. Beggars cannot be choosers.197. Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear. 198. Best defence is offence.199. Better a glorious death than a shameful life. 200. Better a lean peace than a fat victory.
201. Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us. 202. Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 203. Better an open enemy than a false friend. 204. Better be alone than in bad company.205. Better be born lucky than rich. 206. Better be envied than pitied.207. Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 208. Better deny at once than promise long.209. Better die standing than live kneeling. 210. Better early than late.
211. Better give a shilling than lend a half-crown. 212. Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt. 213. Better late than never. 214. Better lose a jest than a friend.215. Better one-eyed than stone-blind. 216. Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.217. Better the foot slip than the tongue. 218. Better to do well than to say well.219. Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. 220. Better unborn than untaught.
221. Better untaught than ill-taught. 222. Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip. 223. Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea. 224. Between two evils 'tis not worth choosing.225. Between two stools one goes (falls) to the ground. 226. Between the upper and nether millstone.227. Betwixt and between. 228. Beware of a silent dog and still water.229. Bind the sack before it be full. 230. Birds of a feather flock together.
231. Blind men can judge no colours. 232. Blood is thicker than water.233. Borrowed garments never fit well. 234. Brevity is the soul of wit.235. Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.236. Business before pleasure.237. By doing nothing we learn to do ill. 238. By hook or by crook.239. By the street of 'by-and-bye' one arrives at the house of 'Never'. 240. Calamity is man's true touchstone.
241. Care killed the cat.242. Catch the bear before you sell his skin. 243. Caution is the parent of safety.244. Charity begins at home.245. Cheapest is the dearest. 246. Cheek brings success. 247. Children and fools must not play with edged tools.248. Children are poor men's riches. 249. Choose an author as you choose a friend.250. Christmas comes but once a year, (but when it comes it brings good cheer).
251. Circumstances alter cases.252. Claw me, and I will claw thee.253. Cleanliness is next to godliness. 254. Company in distress makes trouble less.255. Confession is the first step to repentance.256. Counsel is no command.257. Creditors have better memories than debtors.258. Cross the stream where it is shallowest. 259. Crows do not pick crow's eyes.260. Curiosity killed a cat.
261. Curses like chickens come home to roost. 262. Custom is a second nature.263. Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools. 264. Cut your coat according to your cloth.265. Death is the grand leveller. 266. Death pays all debts.267. Death when it comes will have no denial. 268. Debt is the worst poverty.269. Deeds, not words.270. Delays are dangerous.
271. Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies.272. Diligence is the mother of success (good luck).273. Diseases are the interests of pleasures. 274. Divide and rule.275. Do as you would be done by. 276. Dog does not eat dog.277. Dog eats dog.278. Dogs that put up many hares kill none. 279. Doing is better than saying.280. Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
281. Don't cross the bridges before you come to them. 282. Don't have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain. 283. Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.284. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. 285. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. 286. Don't sell the bear's skin before you've caught it. 287. Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.288. Don't whistle (halloo) until you are out of the wood. 289. Dot your i's and cross your t's. 290. Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed.
291. Drive the nail that will go. 292. Drunken days have all their tomorrow. 293. Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals.294. Dumb dogs are dangerous. 295. Each bird loves to hear himself sing.296. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 297. Easier said than done.298. East or West ? home is best.299. Easy come, easy go. 300. Eat at pleasure, drink with measure.
301. Empty vessels make the greatest (the most) sound.302. Enough is as good as a feast. 303. Envy shoots at others and wounds herself.304. Even reckoning makes long friends. 305. Every ass loves to hear himself bray.306. Every barber knows that.307. Every bean has its black. 308. Every bird likes its own nest. 309. Every bullet has its billet. 310. Every country has its customs.
311. Every dark cloud has a silver lining. 312. Every day is not Sunday.313. Every dog has his day.314. Every dog is a lion at home. 315. Every dog is valiant at his own door.316. Every Jack has his Jill. 317. Every man has a fool in his sleeve.318. Every man has his faults.319. Every man has his hobby-horse.320. Every man is the architect of his own fortunes.
321. Every man to his taste.322. Every miller draws water to his own mill. 323. Every mother thinks her own gosling a swan.324. Every one's faults are not written in their foreheads. 325. Every tub must stand on its own bottom. 326. Every white has its black, and every sweet its sour. 327. Every why has a wherefore.328. Everybody's business is nobody's business. 329. Everything comes to him who waits.330. Everything is good in its season.
331. Evil communications corrupt good manners. 332. Experience is the mother of wisdom. 333. Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other.334. Experience keeps no school, she teaches her pupils singly. 335. Extremes meet.336. Facts are stubborn things. 337. Faint heart never won fair lady.338. Fair without, foul (false) within.339. Fair words break no bones.340. False friends are worse than open enemies.
341. Familiarity breeds contempt.342. Far from eye, far from heart. 343. Fasting comes after feasting.344. Faults are thick where love is thin.345. Feast today and fast tomorrow.346. Fine feathers make fine birds. 347. Fine words butter no parsnips. 348. First catch your hare. 349. First come, first served.350. First deserve and then desire.
351. First think, then speak.352. Fish and company stink in three days. 353. Fish begins to stink at the head.354. Follow the river and you'll get to the sea. 355. Fool's haste is no speed.356. Fools and madmen speak the truth.357. Fools grow without watering.358. Fools may sometimes speak to the purpose. 359. Fools never know when they are well.360. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
361. For the love of the game.362. Forbearance is no acquittance.363. Forbidden fruit is sweet.364. Forewarned is forearmed. 365. Fortune favours the brave (the bold).366. Fortune is easily found, but hard to be kept. 367. Four eyes see more (better) than two.368. Friends are thieves of time.369. From bad to worse.370. From pillar to post.
371. Gentility without ability is worse than plain beggary. 372. Get a name to rise early, and you may lie all day. 373. Gifts from enemies are dangerous. 374. Give a fool rope enough, and he will hang himself. 375. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice. 376. Give him an inch and he'll take an ell.377. Give never the wolf the wether to keep. 378. Gluttony kills more men than the sword.379. Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark. 380. Good clothes open all doors.
381. Good counsel does no harm.382. Good health is above wealth.383. Good masters make good servants. 384. Good words and no deeds.385. Good words without deeds are rushes and reeds. 386. Gossiping and lying go hand in hand.387. Grasp all, lose all.388. Great barkers are no biters. 389. Great boast, small roast. 390. Great cry and little wool.
391. Great spenders are bad lenders.392. Great talkers are great liars.393. Great talkers are little doers.394. Greedy folk have long arms.395. Habit cures habit. 396. Half a loaf is better than no bread.397. "Hamlet" without the Prince of Denmark . 398. Handsome is that handsome does. 399. Happiness takes no account of time.400. Happy is he that is happy in his children.
401. Hard words break no bones.402. Hares may pull dead lions by the beard. 403. Harm watch, harm catch.404. Haste makes waste.405. Hasty climbers have sudden falls.406. Hate not at the first harm.407. Hatred is blind, as well as love. 408. Hawks will not pick hawks' eyes.409. He begins to die that quits his desires. 410. He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue.
411. He carries fire in one hand and water in the other. 412. He dances well to whom fortune pipes.413. He gives twice who gives in a trice. 414. He goes long barefoot that waits for dead man's shoes. 415. He is a fool that forgets himself. 416. He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.417. He is happy that thinks himself so. 418. He is lifeless that is faultless.419. He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself. 420. He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
421. He is not poor that has little, but he that desires much. 422. He jests at scars that never felt a wound.423. He knows best what good is that has endured evil. 424. He knows how many beans make five.425. He knows much who knows how to hold his tongue. 426. He laughs best who laughs last. 427. He lives long that lives well. 428. He must needs swim that is held up by the chin. 429. He should have a long spoon that sups with the devil. 430. He smells best that smells of nothing.
431. He that comes first to the hill may sit where he will. 432. He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it. 433. He that does you an i!i turn will never forgive you. 434. He that fears every bush must never go a-birding.435. He that fears you present wiil hate you absent. 436. He that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing. 437. He that goes barefoot must not plant thorns. 438. He that has a full purse never wanted a friend.439. He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it. 440. He that has an ill name is half hanged.
441. He that has no children knows not what love is. 442. He that has He head needs no hat.443. He that has no money needs no purse. 444. He that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned. 445. He that is full of himself is very empty. 446. He that is ill to himself will be good to nobody.447. He that is warm thinks all so. 448. He that knows nothing doubts nothing.449. He that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas. 450. He that lives with cripples learns to limp.
451. He that mischief hatches, mischief catches. 452. He that never climbed never fell.453. He that once deceives is ever suspected. 454. He that promises too much means nothing. 455. He that respects not is not respected. 456. He that seeks trouble never misses.457. He that serves everybody is paid by nobody. 458. He that serves God for money will serve the devil for better wages.459. He that spares the bad injures the good. 460. He that talks much errs much.
461. He that talks much lies much. 462. He that will eat the kernel must crack the nut.463. He that will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay. 464. He that will steal an egg will steal an ox. 465. He that will thrive, must rise at five. 466. He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree.467. He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens. 468. He who is born a fool is never cured.469. He who hesitates is lost. 470. He who likes borrowing dislikes paying.
471. He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing. 472. He who pleased everybody died before he was born. 473. He who says what he likes, shall hear what he doesn't like. 474. He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet.475. He who would eat the nut must first crack the shell. 476. He who would search for pearls must dive below. 477. He will never set the Thames on fire. 478. He works best who knows his trade. 479. Head cook and bottle-washer.480. Health is not valued till sickness comes.
481. His money burns a hole in his pocket.482. Honesty is the best policy. 483. Honey is not for the ass's mouth. 484. Honey is sweet, but the bee stings. 485. Honour and profit lie not in one sack.486. Honours change manners.487. Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper.488. Hope is the poor man's bread.489. Hunger breaks stone walls. 490. Hunger finds no fault with cookery.
491. Hunger is the best sauce.492. Hungry bellies have no ears.493. Idle folks lack no excuses. 494. Idleness is the mother of all evil.495. Idleness rusts the mind. 496. If an ass (donkey) bray at you, don't bray at him. 497. If ifs and ans were pots and pans... 498. If my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle.499. If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 500. If the sky falls, we shall catch larks.
501. If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun. 502. If things were to be done twice all would be wise.503. If we can't as we would, we must do as we can. 504. If wishes were horses, beggars might ride. 505. If you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow. 506. If you cannot bite, never show your teeth.507. If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have. 508. If you dance you must pay the fiddler. 509. If you laugh before breakfast you'll cry before supper. 510. If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.511. If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. 512. If you throw mud enough, some of it will stick. 513. If you try to please all you will please none. 514. If you want a thing well done, do it yourself.515. Ill-gotten gains never prosper. 516. Ill-gotten, ill-spent. 517. In every beginning think of the end. 518. In for a penny, in for a pound.519. In the country of the blind one-eyed man is a king. 520. In the end things will mend.521. In the evening one may praise the day. 522. Iron hand (fist) in a velvet glove. 523. It is a good horse that never stumbles. 524. It is a long lane that has no turning.525. It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 526. It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. 527. It is an ill wind that blows nobody good. 528. It is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait.529. It is easy to swim if another hoids up your chin (head). 530. It is enough to make a cat laugh. 531. It is good fishing in troubled waters. 532. It is never too late to learn.533. It is no use crying over spilt milk. 534. It is the first step that costs.535. It never rains but it pours. 536. It's as broad as it's long. 537. It's no use pumping a dry well. 538. It's one thing to flourish and another to fight.539. It takes all sorts to make a world.540. Jackdaw in peacock's feathers.541. Jest with an ass and he will flap you in the face with his tail. 542. Judge not of men and things at first sight. 543. Just as the twig is bent, the tree is inclined.544. Keep a thing seven years and you will find a use for it.545. Keep your mouth shut and your ears open. 546. Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.547. Last, but not least.548. Laws catch flies, but let hornets go free.549. Learn to creep before you leap.550. Learn to say before you sing.551. Learn wisdom by the follies of others. 552. Least said, soonest mended. 553. Leaves without figs.554. Let bygones be bygones.555. Let every man praise the bridge he goes over.556. Let sleeping dogs lie.557. Let well (enough) alone.558. Liars need good memories. 559. Lies have short legs. 560. Life is but a span.561. Life is not a bed of roses.562. Life is not all cakes and ale (beer and skittles).563. Like a cat on hot bricks.564. Like a needle in a haystack. 565. Like begets like. 566. Like cures like.567. Like father, like son. 568. Like draws to like. 569. Like master, like man.570. Like mother, like daughter.571. Like parents, like children.572. Like priest, like people. 573. Like teacher, like pupil.574. Little chips light great fires. 575. Little knowledge is a dangerous thing.576. Little pigeons can carry great messages. 577. Little pitchers have long ears.578. Little strokes fell great oaks. 579. Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.580. Little things amuse little minds. 581. Live and learn.582. Live and let live.583. Live not to eat, but eat to live.584. Long absent, soon forgotten. 585. Look before you leap.586. Look before you leap, but having leapt never look back.587. Lookers-on see more than players.588. Lord (God, Heaven) helps those (them) who help themselves.589. Lost time is never found again. 590. Love cannot be forced.591. Love in a cottage. 592. Love is blind, as well as hatred.593. Love me, love my dog.594. Love will creep where it may not go.595. Make haste slowly.596. Make hay while the sun shines. 597. Make or mar.598. Man proposes but God disposes. 599. Many a fine dish has nothing on it.600. Many a good cow has a bad calf.
601. Many a good father has but a bad son.602. Many a little makes a mickle. 603. Many a true word is spoken in jest.604. Many hands make light work.605. Many men, many minds.606. Many words hurt more than swords.607. Many words will not fill a bushel. 608. Marriages are made in heaven. 609. Measure for measure.610. Measure thrice and cut once.611. Men may meet but mountains never.612. Mend or end (end or mend).613. Might goes before right.614. Misfortunes never come alone (singly). 615. Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.616. Money begets money.617. Money has no smell.618. Money is a good servant but a bad master.619. Money often unmakes the men who make it.620. Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain. 621. More haste, less speed.622. Much ado about nothing.623. Much will have more. 624. Muck and money go together.625. Murder will out.626. My house is my castle.627. Name not a rope in his house that was hanged. 628. Necessity is the mother of invention.629. Necessity knows no law.630. Neck or nothing. 631. Need makes the old wife trot.632. Needs must when the devil drives.633. Neither fish nor flesh.634. Neither here nor there. 635. Neither rhyme nor reason.636. Never cackle till your egg is laid.637. Never cast dirt into that fountain of which you have sometime drunk. 638. Never do things by halves.639. Never fry a fish till it's caught. 640. Never offer to teach fish to swim.641. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do (can be done) today.642. Never quit certainty for hope.643. Never too much of a good thing.644. Never try to prove what nobody doubts. 645. Never write what you dare not sign.646. New brooms sweep clean.647. New lords, new laws.648. Nightingales will not sing in a cage. 649. No flying from fate.650. No garden without its weeds.651. No great loss without some small gain.652. No herb will cure love.653. No joy without alloy.654. No living man all things can.655. No longer pipe, no longer dance. 656. No man is wise at all times. 657. No man loves his fetters, be they made of gold. 658. No news (is) good news.659. No pains, no gains.660. No song, no supper.661. No sweet without (some) sweat.662. No wisdom like silence.663. None but the brave deserve the fair. 664. None so blind as those who won't see. 665. None so deaf as those that won't hear.666. Nothing comes out of the sack but what was in it. 667. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.668. Nothing must be done hastily but killing of fleas. 669. Nothing so bad, as not to be good for something.670. Nothing succeeds like success. 671. Nothing venture, nothing have.672. Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm. 673. Of two evils choose the least. 674. Old birds are not caught with chaff.675. Old friends and old wine are best.676. On Shank's mare.677. Once bitten, twice shy.678. Once is no rule (custom).679. One beats the bush, and another catches the bird. 680. One chick keeps a hen busy.681. One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine. 682. One fire drives out another.683. One good turn deserves another.684. One law for the rich, and another for the poor. 685. One lie makes many.686. One link broken, the whole chain is broken.687. One man, no man.688. One man's meat is another man's poison. 689. One scabby sheep will mar a whole flock.690. One swallow does not make a summer. 691. One today is worth two tomorrow.692. Open not your door when the devil knocks. 693. Opinions differ.694. Opportunity makes the thief.695. Out of sight, out of mind.696. Out of the frying-pan into the fire. 697. Packed like herrings.698. Patience is a plaster for all sores. 699. Penny-wise and pound-foolish.700. Pleasure has a sting in its tail.
701. Plenty is no plague.702. Politeness costs little (nothing), but yields much. 703. Poverty is no sin.704. Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is. 705. Practise what you preach.706. Praise is not pudding.707. Pride goes before a fall.708. Procrastination is the thief of time. 709. Promise is debt.710. Promise little, but do much.711. Prosperity makes friends, and adversity tries them. 712. Put not your hand between the bark and the tree.713. Rain at seven, fine at eleven.714. Rats desert a sinking ship.715. Repentance is good, but innocence is better.716. Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you. 717. Roll my log and I will roll yours.718. Rome was not built in a day. 719. Salt water and absence wash away love. 720. Saying and doing are two things.721. Score twice before you cut once.722. Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings.723. Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. 724. Self done is soon done.725. Self done is well done. 726. Self is a bad counsellor.727. Self-praise is no recommendation.728. Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil.729. Set a thief to catch a thief. 730. Shallow streams make most din.731. Short debts (accounts) make long friends.732. Silence gives consent.733. Since Adam was a boy.734. Sink or swim!735. Six of one and half a dozen of the other. 736. Slow and steady wins the race.737. Slow but sure.738. Small rain lays great dust.739. So many countries, so many customs.740. So many men, so many minds.741. Soft fire makes sweet malt.742. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark . 743. Soon learnt, soon forgotten.744. Soon ripe, soon rotten. 745. Speak (talk) of the devil and he will appear (is sure to appear).746. Speech is silver but silence is gold.747. Standers-by see more than gamesters. 748. Still waters run deep.749. Stolen pleasures are sweetest. 750. Stretch your arm no further than your sleeve will reach.751. Stretch your legs according to the coverlet.752. Strike while the iron is hot. 753. Stuff today and starve tomorrow.754. Success is never blamed. 755. Such carpenters, such chips.756. Sweep before your own door.757. Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves. 758. Take us as you find us.759. Tarred with the same brush.760. Tastes differ.761. Tell that to the marines.762. That cock won't fight.763. That which one least anticipates soonest comes to pass.764. That's a horse of another colour.765. That's where the shoe pinches! 766. The beggar may sing before the thief (before a footpad).767. The best fish smell when they are three days old.768. The best fish swim near the bottom. 769. The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good. 770. The busiest man finds the most leisure.771. The camel going to seek horns lost his ears.772. The cap fits.773. The cask savours of the first fill. 774. The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream.775. The cat would eat fish and would not wet her paws.776. The chain is no stronger than its weakest link.777. The cobbler should stick to his last.778. The cobbler's wife is the worst shod. 779. The darkest hour is that before the dawn. 780. The darkest place is under the candlestick.781. The devil is not so black as he is painted.782. The devil knows many things because he is old.783. The devil lurks behind the cross. 784. The devil rebuking sin. 785. The dogs bark, but the caravan goes on.786. The Dutch have taken Holland !787. The early bird catches the worm.788. The end crowns the work.789. The end justifies the means. 790. The evils we bring on ourselves are hardest to bear.791. The exception proves the rule.792. The face is the index of the mind. 793. The falling out of lovers is the renewing of love.794. The fat is in the fire. 795. The first blow is half the battle.796. The furthest way about is the nearest way home.797. The game is not worth the candle. 798. The heart that once truly loves never forgets.799. The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail. 800. The last drop makes the cup run over.
801. The last straw breaks the camel's back. 802. The leopard cannot change its spots. 803. The longest day has an end. 804. The mill cannot grind with the water that is past. 805. The moon does not heed the barking of dogs. 806. The more haste, the less speed.807. The more the merrier. 808. The morning sun never lasts a day.809. The mountain has brought forth a mouse. 810. The nearer the bone, the sweeter the flesh. 811. The pitcher goes often to the well but is broken at last. 812. The pot calls the kettle black. 813. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. 814. The receiver is as bad as the thief.815. The remedy is worse than the disease. 816. The rotten apple injures its neighbours.817. The scalded dog fears cold water. 818. The tailor makes the man.819. The tongue of idle persons is never idle. 820. The voice of one man is the voice of no one. 821. The way (the road) to hell is paved with good intentions. 822. The wind cannot be caught in a net. 823. The work shows the workman. 824. There are lees to every wine.825. There are more ways to the wood than one. 826. There is a place for everything, and everything in its place.827. There is more than one way to kill a cat. 828. There is no fire without smoke.829. There is no place like home. 830. There is no rose without a thorn. 831. There is no rule without an exception. 832. There is no smoke without fire.833. There's many a slip 'tween (== between) the cup and the lip. 834. There's no use crying over spilt milk.835. They are hand and glove. 836. They must hunger in winter that will not work in summer.837. Things past cannot be recalled. 838. Think today and speak tomorrow. 839. Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. 840. Time and tide wait for no man. 841. Time cures all things. 842. Time is money.843. Time is the great healer.844. Time works wonders.845. To add fuel (oil) to the fire (flames).846. To angle with a silver hook.847. To be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth. 848. To be head over ears in debt.849. To be in one's birthday suit.850. To be up to the ears in love. 851. To be wise behind the hand.852. To beat about the bush.853. To beat the air.854. To bring grist to somebody's mill. 855. To build a fire under oneself.856. To buy a pig in a poke.857. To call a spade a spade. 858. To call off the dogs. 859. To carry coals to Newcastle .860. To cast pearls before swine.861. To cast prudence to the winds. 862. To come away none the wiser. 863. To come off cheap.864. To come off with a whole skin.865. To come off with flying colours. 866. To come out dry.867. To come out with clean hands.868. To cook a hare before catching him. 869. To cry with one eye and laugh with the other. 870. To cut one's throat with a feather.871. To draw (pull) in one's horns. 872. To drop a bucket into an empty well.873. To draw water in a sieve.874. To eat the calf in the cow's belly. 875. To err is human. 876. To fiddle while Rome is burning.877. To fight with one's own shadow. 878. To find a mare's nest.879. To fish in troubled waters.880. To fit like a glove. 881. To flog a dead horse. 882. To get out of bed on the wrong side. 883. To give a lark to catch a kite.884. To go for wool and come home shorn. 885. To go through fire and water (through thick and thin). 886. To have a finger in the pie. 887. To have rats in the attic.888. To hit the nail on the head.889. To kick against the pricks.890. To kill two birds with one stone. 891. To know everything is to know nothing. 892. To know on which side one's bread is buttered. 893. To know what's what. 894. To lay by for a rainy day.895. To live from hand to mouth.896. To lock the stable-door after the horse is stolen. 897. To look for a needle in a haystack. 898. To love somebody (something) as the devil loves holy water. 899. To make a mountain out of a molehill.900. To make both ends meet.
901. To make the cup run over. 902. To make (to turn) the air blue. 903. To measure another man's foot by one's own last.904. To measure other people's corn by one's own bushel. 905. To pay one back in one's own coin.906. To plough the sand. 907. To pour water into a sieve. 908. To pull the chestnuts out of the fire for somebody.909. To pull the devil by the tail.910. To put a spoke in somebody's wheel. 911. To put off till Doomsday.912. To put (set) the cart before the horse. 913. To rob one's belly to cover one's back.914. To roll in money.915. To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.916. To save one's bacon. 917. To send (carry) owls to Athens .918. To set the wolf to keep the sheep.919. To stick to somebody like a leech. 920. To strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.921. To take counsel of one's pillow.922. To take the bull by the horns. 923. To teach the dog to bark.924. To tell tales out of school.925. To throw a stone in one's own garden.926. To throw dust in somebody's eyes. 927. To throw straws against the wind. 928. To treat somebody with a dose of his own medicine. 929. To use a steam-hammer to crack nuts.930. To wash one's dirty linen in public. 931. To wear one's heart upon one's sleeve. 932. To weep over an onion.933. To work with the left hand. 934. Tomorrow come never. 935. Too many cooks spoil the broth.936. Too much knowledge makes the head bald.937. Too much of a good thing is good for nothing. 938. Too much water drowned the miller .939. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. 940. True blue will never stain.941. True coral needs no painter's brush. 942. Truth comes out of the mouths of babes and sucklings. 943. Truth is stranger than fiction.944. Truth lies at the bottom of a well. 945. Two blacks do not make a white.946. Two heads are better than one.947. Two is company, but three is none.948. Velvet paws hide sharp claws. 949. Virtue is its own reward. 950. Wait for the cat to jump. 951. Walls have ears.952. Wash your dirty linen at home.953. Waste not, want not.954. We know not what is good until we have lost it. 955. We never know the value of water till the well is dry.956. We shall see what we shall see. 957. We soon believe what we desire. 958. Wealth is nothing without health.959. Well begun is half done.960. What can't be cured, must be endured. 961. What is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh. 962. What is done by night appears by day.963. What is done cannot be undone.964. What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly. 965. What is lost is lost.966. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. 967. What is worth doing at alt is worth doing well. 968. What must be, must be.969. What the heart thinks the tongue speaks. 970. What we do willingly is easy.971. When angry, count a hundred.972. When at Rome, do as the Romans do. 973. When children stand quiet, they have done some harm.974. When flatterers meet, the devil goes to dinner. 975. When guns speak it is too late to argue.976. When pigs fly.977. When Queen Anne was alive. 978. When the cat is away, the mice will play. 979. When the devil is blind.980. When the fox preaches, take care of your geese. 981. When the pinch comes, you remember the old shoe. 982. When three know it, alt know it. 983. When wine is in wit is out.984. Where there's a will, there's a way. 985. While the grass grows the horse starves. 986. While there is life there is hope.987. Who breaks, pays. 988. Who has never tasted bitter, knows not what is sweet. 989. Who keeps company with the wolf, will learn to howl.990. Wise after the event. 991. With time and patience the leaf of the mulberry becomes satin. 992. Words pay no debts.993. You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink. 994. You cannot eat your cake and have it. 995. You cannot flay the same ox twice.996. You cannot judge a tree by it bark.997. You cannot teach old dogs new tricks. 998. You cannot wash charcoal white.999. You made your bed, now lie in it.1000. Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.
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2. A bad corn promise is better than a good lawsuit.
3. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
4. A bargain is a bargain.
5. A beggar can never be bankrupt.
6. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
7. A bird may be known by its song.
8. A black hen lays a white egg.
9. A blind leader of the blind.
10. A blind man would be glad to see.
11. A broken friendship may be soldered, but will never be sound.
12. A burden of one's own choice is not felt.
13. A burnt child dreads the fire.
14. A cat in gloves catches no mice.
15. A city that parleys is half gotten.
16. A civil denial is better than a rude grant.
17. A clean fast is better than a dirty breakfast.
18. A clean hand wants no washing.
19. A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.
20. A close mouth catches no flies.
21. A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.
22. A cracked bell can never sound well.
23. A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.
24. A curst cow has short horns.
25. A danger foreseen is half avoided.
26. A drop in the bucket.
27. A drowning man will catch at a straw.
28. A fair face may hide a foul heart.
29. A fault confessed is half redressed.
30. A fly in the ointment.
31. A fool always rushes to the fore.
32. A fool and his money are soon parted.
33. A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
34. A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
35. A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.
36. A fool's tongue runs before his wit.
37. A forced kindness deserves no thanks.
38. A foul morn may turn to a fair day.
39. A fox is not taken twice in the same snare.
40. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
41. A friend is never known till needed.
42. A friend to all is a friend to none.
43. A friend's frown is better than a foe's smile.
44. A good anvil does not fear the hammer.
45. A good beginning is half the battle.
46. A good beginning makes a good ending.
47. A good deed is never lost.
48. A good dog deserves a good bone.
49. A good example is the best sermon.
50. A good face is a letter of recommendation.
51. A good Jack makes a good Jill.
52. A good marksman may miss.
53. A good name is better than riches.
54. A good name is sooner lost than won.
55. A good name keeps its lustre in the dark.
56. A good wife makes a good husband.
57. A great dowry is a bed full of brambles.
58. A great fortune is a great slavery.
59. A great ship asks deep waters.
60. A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
61. A hard nut to crack.
62. A heavy purse makes a light heart.
63. A hedge between keeps friendship green.
64. A honey tongue, a heart of gall.
65. A hungry belly has no ears.
66. A hungry man is an angry man.
67. A Jack of all trades is master of none.
68. A Joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend.
69. A lawyer never goes to law himself.
70. A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy.
71. A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
72. A lie begets a lie.
73. A light purse is a heavy curse.
74. A light purse makes a heavy heart.
76. A little fire is quickly trodden out.
77. A man can die but once.
78. A man can do no more than he can.
79. A man is known by the company he keeps.
80. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
81. A miserly father makes a prodigal son.
82. A miss is as good as a mile.
83. A new broom sweeps clean.
84. A nod from a lord is a breakfast for a fool.
85. A penny saved is a penny gained.
86. A penny soul never came to twopence.
87. A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
88. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
89. A round peg in a square hole.
90. A shy cat makes a proud mouse.
91. A silent fool is counted wise.
92. A small leak will sink a great ship.
93. A soft answer turns away wrath.
94. A sound mind in a sound body.
95. A stitch in time saves nine.
96. A storm in a teacup.
97. A tattler is worse than a thief.
98. A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf.
99. A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich.
100. A threatened blow is seldom given.
101. A tree is known by its fruit.
102. A wager is a fool's argument.
103. A watched pot never boils.
104. A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will.
105. A wolf in sheep's clothing.
106. A wonder lasts but nine days.
107. A word is enough to the wise.
108. A word spoken is past recalling.
109. Actions speak louder than words.
110. Adversity is a great schoolmaster.
111. Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
112. After a storm comes a calm.
113. After dinner comes the reckoning.
114. After dinner sit (sleep) a while, after supper walk a mile.
115. After rain comes fair weather.
116. After us the deluge.
117. Agues come on horseback, but go away on foot.
118. All are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives?
119. All are not friends that speak us fair.
120. All are not hunters that blow the horn.
121. All are not merry that dance lightly.
122. All are not saints that go to church.
123. All asses wag their ears.
124. All bread is not baked in one oven.
125. All cats are grey in the dark (in the night).
126. All covet, all lose.
127. All doors open to courtesy.
128. All is fish that comes to his net.
129. All is not lost that is in peril.
130. All is well that ends well.
131. All lay load on the willing horse.
132. All men can't be first.
133. All men can't be masters.
134. All promises are either broken or kept.
135. All roads lead to Rome .
136. All sugar and honey.
137. All that glitters is not gold.
138. All things are difficult before they are easy.
139. All truths are not to be told.
140. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
141. "Almost" never killed a fly (was never hanged).
142. Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.
143. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
144. An ass in a lion's skin.
. An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold.
146. An ass loaded with gold climbs to the top of the castle.
147. An empty hand is no lure for a hawk.
148. An empty sack cannot stand upright.
149. An empty vessel gives a greater sound than a full barrel.
150. An evil chance seldom comes alone.
151. An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told. 152. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.153. An idle brain is the devil's workshop.154. An ill wound is cured, not an ill name. 155. An oak is not felled at one stroke.156. An old dog barks not in vain. 157. An open door may tempt a saint.158. An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of learning.159. An ox is taken by the horns, and a man by the tongue. 160. An unfortunate man would be drowned in a teacup.
161. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.162. Any port in a storm.163. Appearances are deceitful.164. Appetite comes with eating.165. As drunk as a lord. 166. As innocent as a babe unborn.167. As like as an apple to an oyster. 168. As like as two peas.169. As old as the hills.170. As plain as the nose on a man's face.
171. As plain as two and two make four. 172. As snug as a bug in a rug .173. As sure as eggs is eggs.174. As the call, so the echo.175. As the fool thinks, so the bell clinks.176. As the old cock crows, so does the young.177. As the tree falls, so shall it lie. 178. As the tree, so the fruit.179. As welcome as flowers in May. 180. As welcome as water in one's shoes.
181. As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb.182. As you brew, so must you drink.183. As you make your bed, so must you lie on it. 184. As you sow, so shall you reap. 185. Ask no questions and you will be told no lies.186. At the ends of the earth.187. Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune .188. Bad news has wings.189. Barking does seldom bite. 190. Be slow to promise and quick to perform.
191. Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 192. Beauty is but skin-deep.193. Beauty lies in lover's eyes. 194. Before one can say Jack Robinson.195. Before you make a friend eat a bushel of salt with him. 196. Beggars cannot be choosers.197. Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear. 198. Best defence is offence.199. Better a glorious death than a shameful life. 200. Better a lean peace than a fat victory.
201. Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us. 202. Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 203. Better an open enemy than a false friend. 204. Better be alone than in bad company.205. Better be born lucky than rich. 206. Better be envied than pitied.207. Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 208. Better deny at once than promise long.209. Better die standing than live kneeling. 210. Better early than late.
211. Better give a shilling than lend a half-crown. 212. Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt. 213. Better late than never. 214. Better lose a jest than a friend.215. Better one-eyed than stone-blind. 216. Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.217. Better the foot slip than the tongue. 218. Better to do well than to say well.219. Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. 220. Better unborn than untaught.
221. Better untaught than ill-taught. 222. Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip. 223. Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea. 224. Between two evils 'tis not worth choosing.225. Between two stools one goes (falls) to the ground. 226. Between the upper and nether millstone.227. Betwixt and between. 228. Beware of a silent dog and still water.229. Bind the sack before it be full. 230. Birds of a feather flock together.
231. Blind men can judge no colours. 232. Blood is thicker than water.233. Borrowed garments never fit well. 234. Brevity is the soul of wit.235. Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.236. Business before pleasure.237. By doing nothing we learn to do ill. 238. By hook or by crook.239. By the street of 'by-and-bye' one arrives at the house of 'Never'. 240. Calamity is man's true touchstone.
241. Care killed the cat.242. Catch the bear before you sell his skin. 243. Caution is the parent of safety.244. Charity begins at home.245. Cheapest is the dearest. 246. Cheek brings success. 247. Children and fools must not play with edged tools.248. Children are poor men's riches. 249. Choose an author as you choose a friend.250. Christmas comes but once a year, (but when it comes it brings good cheer).
251. Circumstances alter cases.252. Claw me, and I will claw thee.253. Cleanliness is next to godliness. 254. Company in distress makes trouble less.255. Confession is the first step to repentance.256. Counsel is no command.257. Creditors have better memories than debtors.258. Cross the stream where it is shallowest. 259. Crows do not pick crow's eyes.260. Curiosity killed a cat.
261. Curses like chickens come home to roost. 262. Custom is a second nature.263. Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools. 264. Cut your coat according to your cloth.265. Death is the grand leveller. 266. Death pays all debts.267. Death when it comes will have no denial. 268. Debt is the worst poverty.269. Deeds, not words.270. Delays are dangerous.
271. Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies.272. Diligence is the mother of success (good luck).273. Diseases are the interests of pleasures. 274. Divide and rule.275. Do as you would be done by. 276. Dog does not eat dog.277. Dog eats dog.278. Dogs that put up many hares kill none. 279. Doing is better than saying.280. Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
281. Don't cross the bridges before you come to them. 282. Don't have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain. 283. Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.284. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. 285. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. 286. Don't sell the bear's skin before you've caught it. 287. Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.288. Don't whistle (halloo) until you are out of the wood. 289. Dot your i's and cross your t's. 290. Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed.
291. Drive the nail that will go. 292. Drunken days have all their tomorrow. 293. Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals.294. Dumb dogs are dangerous. 295. Each bird loves to hear himself sing.296. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 297. Easier said than done.298. East or West ? home is best.299. Easy come, easy go. 300. Eat at pleasure, drink with measure.
301. Empty vessels make the greatest (the most) sound.302. Enough is as good as a feast. 303. Envy shoots at others and wounds herself.304. Even reckoning makes long friends. 305. Every ass loves to hear himself bray.306. Every barber knows that.307. Every bean has its black. 308. Every bird likes its own nest. 309. Every bullet has its billet. 310. Every country has its customs.
311. Every dark cloud has a silver lining. 312. Every day is not Sunday.313. Every dog has his day.314. Every dog is a lion at home. 315. Every dog is valiant at his own door.316. Every Jack has his Jill. 317. Every man has a fool in his sleeve.318. Every man has his faults.319. Every man has his hobby-horse.320. Every man is the architect of his own fortunes.
321. Every man to his taste.322. Every miller draws water to his own mill. 323. Every mother thinks her own gosling a swan.324. Every one's faults are not written in their foreheads. 325. Every tub must stand on its own bottom. 326. Every white has its black, and every sweet its sour. 327. Every why has a wherefore.328. Everybody's business is nobody's business. 329. Everything comes to him who waits.330. Everything is good in its season.
331. Evil communications corrupt good manners. 332. Experience is the mother of wisdom. 333. Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other.334. Experience keeps no school, she teaches her pupils singly. 335. Extremes meet.336. Facts are stubborn things. 337. Faint heart never won fair lady.338. Fair without, foul (false) within.339. Fair words break no bones.340. False friends are worse than open enemies.
341. Familiarity breeds contempt.342. Far from eye, far from heart. 343. Fasting comes after feasting.344. Faults are thick where love is thin.345. Feast today and fast tomorrow.346. Fine feathers make fine birds. 347. Fine words butter no parsnips. 348. First catch your hare. 349. First come, first served.350. First deserve and then desire.
351. First think, then speak.352. Fish and company stink in three days. 353. Fish begins to stink at the head.354. Follow the river and you'll get to the sea. 355. Fool's haste is no speed.356. Fools and madmen speak the truth.357. Fools grow without watering.358. Fools may sometimes speak to the purpose. 359. Fools never know when they are well.360. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
361. For the love of the game.362. Forbearance is no acquittance.363. Forbidden fruit is sweet.364. Forewarned is forearmed. 365. Fortune favours the brave (the bold).366. Fortune is easily found, but hard to be kept. 367. Four eyes see more (better) than two.368. Friends are thieves of time.369. From bad to worse.370. From pillar to post.
371. Gentility without ability is worse than plain beggary. 372. Get a name to rise early, and you may lie all day. 373. Gifts from enemies are dangerous. 374. Give a fool rope enough, and he will hang himself. 375. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice. 376. Give him an inch and he'll take an ell.377. Give never the wolf the wether to keep. 378. Gluttony kills more men than the sword.379. Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark. 380. Good clothes open all doors.
381. Good counsel does no harm.382. Good health is above wealth.383. Good masters make good servants. 384. Good words and no deeds.385. Good words without deeds are rushes and reeds. 386. Gossiping and lying go hand in hand.387. Grasp all, lose all.388. Great barkers are no biters. 389. Great boast, small roast. 390. Great cry and little wool.
391. Great spenders are bad lenders.392. Great talkers are great liars.393. Great talkers are little doers.394. Greedy folk have long arms.395. Habit cures habit. 396. Half a loaf is better than no bread.397. "Hamlet" without the Prince of Denmark . 398. Handsome is that handsome does. 399. Happiness takes no account of time.400. Happy is he that is happy in his children.
401. Hard words break no bones.402. Hares may pull dead lions by the beard. 403. Harm watch, harm catch.404. Haste makes waste.405. Hasty climbers have sudden falls.406. Hate not at the first harm.407. Hatred is blind, as well as love. 408. Hawks will not pick hawks' eyes.409. He begins to die that quits his desires. 410. He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue.
411. He carries fire in one hand and water in the other. 412. He dances well to whom fortune pipes.413. He gives twice who gives in a trice. 414. He goes long barefoot that waits for dead man's shoes. 415. He is a fool that forgets himself. 416. He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.417. He is happy that thinks himself so. 418. He is lifeless that is faultless.419. He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself. 420. He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
421. He is not poor that has little, but he that desires much. 422. He jests at scars that never felt a wound.423. He knows best what good is that has endured evil. 424. He knows how many beans make five.425. He knows much who knows how to hold his tongue. 426. He laughs best who laughs last. 427. He lives long that lives well. 428. He must needs swim that is held up by the chin. 429. He should have a long spoon that sups with the devil. 430. He smells best that smells of nothing.
431. He that comes first to the hill may sit where he will. 432. He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it. 433. He that does you an i!i turn will never forgive you. 434. He that fears every bush must never go a-birding.435. He that fears you present wiil hate you absent. 436. He that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing. 437. He that goes barefoot must not plant thorns. 438. He that has a full purse never wanted a friend.439. He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it. 440. He that has an ill name is half hanged.
441. He that has no children knows not what love is. 442. He that has He head needs no hat.443. He that has no money needs no purse. 444. He that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned. 445. He that is full of himself is very empty. 446. He that is ill to himself will be good to nobody.447. He that is warm thinks all so. 448. He that knows nothing doubts nothing.449. He that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas. 450. He that lives with cripples learns to limp.
451. He that mischief hatches, mischief catches. 452. He that never climbed never fell.453. He that once deceives is ever suspected. 454. He that promises too much means nothing. 455. He that respects not is not respected. 456. He that seeks trouble never misses.457. He that serves everybody is paid by nobody. 458. He that serves God for money will serve the devil for better wages.459. He that spares the bad injures the good. 460. He that talks much errs much.
461. He that talks much lies much. 462. He that will eat the kernel must crack the nut.463. He that will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay. 464. He that will steal an egg will steal an ox. 465. He that will thrive, must rise at five. 466. He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree.467. He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens. 468. He who is born a fool is never cured.469. He who hesitates is lost. 470. He who likes borrowing dislikes paying.
471. He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing. 472. He who pleased everybody died before he was born. 473. He who says what he likes, shall hear what he doesn't like. 474. He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet.475. He who would eat the nut must first crack the shell. 476. He who would search for pearls must dive below. 477. He will never set the Thames on fire. 478. He works best who knows his trade. 479. Head cook and bottle-washer.480. Health is not valued till sickness comes.
481. His money burns a hole in his pocket.482. Honesty is the best policy. 483. Honey is not for the ass's mouth. 484. Honey is sweet, but the bee stings. 485. Honour and profit lie not in one sack.486. Honours change manners.487. Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper.488. Hope is the poor man's bread.489. Hunger breaks stone walls. 490. Hunger finds no fault with cookery.
491. Hunger is the best sauce.492. Hungry bellies have no ears.493. Idle folks lack no excuses. 494. Idleness is the mother of all evil.495. Idleness rusts the mind. 496. If an ass (donkey) bray at you, don't bray at him. 497. If ifs and ans were pots and pans... 498. If my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle.499. If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 500. If the sky falls, we shall catch larks.
501. If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun. 502. If things were to be done twice all would be wise.503. If we can't as we would, we must do as we can. 504. If wishes were horses, beggars might ride. 505. If you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow. 506. If you cannot bite, never show your teeth.507. If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have. 508. If you dance you must pay the fiddler. 509. If you laugh before breakfast you'll cry before supper. 510. If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.511. If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. 512. If you throw mud enough, some of it will stick. 513. If you try to please all you will please none. 514. If you want a thing well done, do it yourself.515. Ill-gotten gains never prosper. 516. Ill-gotten, ill-spent. 517. In every beginning think of the end. 518. In for a penny, in for a pound.519. In the country of the blind one-eyed man is a king. 520. In the end things will mend.521. In the evening one may praise the day. 522. Iron hand (fist) in a velvet glove. 523. It is a good horse that never stumbles. 524. It is a long lane that has no turning.525. It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 526. It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. 527. It is an ill wind that blows nobody good. 528. It is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait.529. It is easy to swim if another hoids up your chin (head). 530. It is enough to make a cat laugh. 531. It is good fishing in troubled waters. 532. It is never too late to learn.533. It is no use crying over spilt milk. 534. It is the first step that costs.535. It never rains but it pours. 536. It's as broad as it's long. 537. It's no use pumping a dry well. 538. It's one thing to flourish and another to fight.539. It takes all sorts to make a world.540. Jackdaw in peacock's feathers.541. Jest with an ass and he will flap you in the face with his tail. 542. Judge not of men and things at first sight. 543. Just as the twig is bent, the tree is inclined.544. Keep a thing seven years and you will find a use for it.545. Keep your mouth shut and your ears open. 546. Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.547. Last, but not least.548. Laws catch flies, but let hornets go free.549. Learn to creep before you leap.550. Learn to say before you sing.551. Learn wisdom by the follies of others. 552. Least said, soonest mended. 553. Leaves without figs.554. Let bygones be bygones.555. Let every man praise the bridge he goes over.556. Let sleeping dogs lie.557. Let well (enough) alone.558. Liars need good memories. 559. Lies have short legs. 560. Life is but a span.561. Life is not a bed of roses.562. Life is not all cakes and ale (beer and skittles).563. Like a cat on hot bricks.564. Like a needle in a haystack. 565. Like begets like. 566. Like cures like.567. Like father, like son. 568. Like draws to like. 569. Like master, like man.570. Like mother, like daughter.571. Like parents, like children.572. Like priest, like people. 573. Like teacher, like pupil.574. Little chips light great fires. 575. Little knowledge is a dangerous thing.576. Little pigeons can carry great messages. 577. Little pitchers have long ears.578. Little strokes fell great oaks. 579. Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.580. Little things amuse little minds. 581. Live and learn.582. Live and let live.583. Live not to eat, but eat to live.584. Long absent, soon forgotten. 585. Look before you leap.586. Look before you leap, but having leapt never look back.587. Lookers-on see more than players.588. Lord (God, Heaven) helps those (them) who help themselves.589. Lost time is never found again. 590. Love cannot be forced.591. Love in a cottage. 592. Love is blind, as well as hatred.593. Love me, love my dog.594. Love will creep where it may not go.595. Make haste slowly.596. Make hay while the sun shines. 597. Make or mar.598. Man proposes but God disposes. 599. Many a fine dish has nothing on it.600. Many a good cow has a bad calf.
601. Many a good father has but a bad son.602. Many a little makes a mickle. 603. Many a true word is spoken in jest.604. Many hands make light work.605. Many men, many minds.606. Many words hurt more than swords.607. Many words will not fill a bushel. 608. Marriages are made in heaven. 609. Measure for measure.610. Measure thrice and cut once.611. Men may meet but mountains never.612. Mend or end (end or mend).613. Might goes before right.614. Misfortunes never come alone (singly). 615. Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.616. Money begets money.617. Money has no smell.618. Money is a good servant but a bad master.619. Money often unmakes the men who make it.620. Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain. 621. More haste, less speed.622. Much ado about nothing.623. Much will have more. 624. Muck and money go together.625. Murder will out.626. My house is my castle.627. Name not a rope in his house that was hanged. 628. Necessity is the mother of invention.629. Necessity knows no law.630. Neck or nothing. 631. Need makes the old wife trot.632. Needs must when the devil drives.633. Neither fish nor flesh.634. Neither here nor there. 635. Neither rhyme nor reason.636. Never cackle till your egg is laid.637. Never cast dirt into that fountain of which you have sometime drunk. 638. Never do things by halves.639. Never fry a fish till it's caught. 640. Never offer to teach fish to swim.641. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do (can be done) today.642. Never quit certainty for hope.643. Never too much of a good thing.644. Never try to prove what nobody doubts. 645. Never write what you dare not sign.646. New brooms sweep clean.647. New lords, new laws.648. Nightingales will not sing in a cage. 649. No flying from fate.650. No garden without its weeds.651. No great loss without some small gain.652. No herb will cure love.653. No joy without alloy.654. No living man all things can.655. No longer pipe, no longer dance. 656. No man is wise at all times. 657. No man loves his fetters, be they made of gold. 658. No news (is) good news.659. No pains, no gains.660. No song, no supper.661. No sweet without (some) sweat.662. No wisdom like silence.663. None but the brave deserve the fair. 664. None so blind as those who won't see. 665. None so deaf as those that won't hear.666. Nothing comes out of the sack but what was in it. 667. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.668. Nothing must be done hastily but killing of fleas. 669. Nothing so bad, as not to be good for something.670. Nothing succeeds like success. 671. Nothing venture, nothing have.672. Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm. 673. Of two evils choose the least. 674. Old birds are not caught with chaff.675. Old friends and old wine are best.676. On Shank's mare.677. Once bitten, twice shy.678. Once is no rule (custom).679. One beats the bush, and another catches the bird. 680. One chick keeps a hen busy.681. One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine. 682. One fire drives out another.683. One good turn deserves another.684. One law for the rich, and another for the poor. 685. One lie makes many.686. One link broken, the whole chain is broken.687. One man, no man.688. One man's meat is another man's poison. 689. One scabby sheep will mar a whole flock.690. One swallow does not make a summer. 691. One today is worth two tomorrow.692. Open not your door when the devil knocks. 693. Opinions differ.694. Opportunity makes the thief.695. Out of sight, out of mind.696. Out of the frying-pan into the fire. 697. Packed like herrings.698. Patience is a plaster for all sores. 699. Penny-wise and pound-foolish.700. Pleasure has a sting in its tail.
701. Plenty is no plague.702. Politeness costs little (nothing), but yields much. 703. Poverty is no sin.704. Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is. 705. Practise what you preach.706. Praise is not pudding.707. Pride goes before a fall.708. Procrastination is the thief of time. 709. Promise is debt.710. Promise little, but do much.711. Prosperity makes friends, and adversity tries them. 712. Put not your hand between the bark and the tree.713. Rain at seven, fine at eleven.714. Rats desert a sinking ship.715. Repentance is good, but innocence is better.716. Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you. 717. Roll my log and I will roll yours.718. Rome was not built in a day. 719. Salt water and absence wash away love. 720. Saying and doing are two things.721. Score twice before you cut once.722. Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings.723. Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. 724. Self done is soon done.725. Self done is well done. 726. Self is a bad counsellor.727. Self-praise is no recommendation.728. Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil.729. Set a thief to catch a thief. 730. Shallow streams make most din.731. Short debts (accounts) make long friends.732. Silence gives consent.733. Since Adam was a boy.734. Sink or swim!735. Six of one and half a dozen of the other. 736. Slow and steady wins the race.737. Slow but sure.738. Small rain lays great dust.739. So many countries, so many customs.740. So many men, so many minds.741. Soft fire makes sweet malt.742. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark . 743. Soon learnt, soon forgotten.744. Soon ripe, soon rotten. 745. Speak (talk) of the devil and he will appear (is sure to appear).746. Speech is silver but silence is gold.747. Standers-by see more than gamesters. 748. Still waters run deep.749. Stolen pleasures are sweetest. 750. Stretch your arm no further than your sleeve will reach.751. Stretch your legs according to the coverlet.752. Strike while the iron is hot. 753. Stuff today and starve tomorrow.754. Success is never blamed. 755. Such carpenters, such chips.756. Sweep before your own door.757. Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves. 758. Take us as you find us.759. Tarred with the same brush.760. Tastes differ.761. Tell that to the marines.762. That cock won't fight.763. That which one least anticipates soonest comes to pass.764. That's a horse of another colour.765. That's where the shoe pinches! 766. The beggar may sing before the thief (before a footpad).767. The best fish smell when they are three days old.768. The best fish swim near the bottom. 769. The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good. 770. The busiest man finds the most leisure.771. The camel going to seek horns lost his ears.772. The cap fits.773. The cask savours of the first fill. 774. The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream.775. The cat would eat fish and would not wet her paws.776. The chain is no stronger than its weakest link.777. The cobbler should stick to his last.778. The cobbler's wife is the worst shod. 779. The darkest hour is that before the dawn. 780. The darkest place is under the candlestick.781. The devil is not so black as he is painted.782. The devil knows many things because he is old.783. The devil lurks behind the cross. 784. The devil rebuking sin. 785. The dogs bark, but the caravan goes on.786. The Dutch have taken Holland !787. The early bird catches the worm.788. The end crowns the work.789. The end justifies the means. 790. The evils we bring on ourselves are hardest to bear.791. The exception proves the rule.792. The face is the index of the mind. 793. The falling out of lovers is the renewing of love.794. The fat is in the fire. 795. The first blow is half the battle.796. The furthest way about is the nearest way home.797. The game is not worth the candle. 798. The heart that once truly loves never forgets.799. The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail. 800. The last drop makes the cup run over.
801. The last straw breaks the camel's back. 802. The leopard cannot change its spots. 803. The longest day has an end. 804. The mill cannot grind with the water that is past. 805. The moon does not heed the barking of dogs. 806. The more haste, the less speed.807. The more the merrier. 808. The morning sun never lasts a day.809. The mountain has brought forth a mouse. 810. The nearer the bone, the sweeter the flesh. 811. The pitcher goes often to the well but is broken at last. 812. The pot calls the kettle black. 813. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. 814. The receiver is as bad as the thief.815. The remedy is worse than the disease. 816. The rotten apple injures its neighbours.817. The scalded dog fears cold water. 818. The tailor makes the man.819. The tongue of idle persons is never idle. 820. The voice of one man is the voice of no one. 821. The way (the road) to hell is paved with good intentions. 822. The wind cannot be caught in a net. 823. The work shows the workman. 824. There are lees to every wine.825. There are more ways to the wood than one. 826. There is a place for everything, and everything in its place.827. There is more than one way to kill a cat. 828. There is no fire without smoke.829. There is no place like home. 830. There is no rose without a thorn. 831. There is no rule without an exception. 832. There is no smoke without fire.833. There's many a slip 'tween (== between) the cup and the lip. 834. There's no use crying over spilt milk.835. They are hand and glove. 836. They must hunger in winter that will not work in summer.837. Things past cannot be recalled. 838. Think today and speak tomorrow. 839. Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. 840. Time and tide wait for no man. 841. Time cures all things. 842. Time is money.843. Time is the great healer.844. Time works wonders.845. To add fuel (oil) to the fire (flames).846. To angle with a silver hook.847. To be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth. 848. To be head over ears in debt.849. To be in one's birthday suit.850. To be up to the ears in love. 851. To be wise behind the hand.852. To beat about the bush.853. To beat the air.854. To bring grist to somebody's mill. 855. To build a fire under oneself.856. To buy a pig in a poke.857. To call a spade a spade. 858. To call off the dogs. 859. To carry coals to Newcastle .860. To cast pearls before swine.861. To cast prudence to the winds. 862. To come away none the wiser. 863. To come off cheap.864. To come off with a whole skin.865. To come off with flying colours. 866. To come out dry.867. To come out with clean hands.868. To cook a hare before catching him. 869. To cry with one eye and laugh with the other. 870. To cut one's throat with a feather.871. To draw (pull) in one's horns. 872. To drop a bucket into an empty well.873. To draw water in a sieve.874. To eat the calf in the cow's belly. 875. To err is human. 876. To fiddle while Rome is burning.877. To fight with one's own shadow. 878. To find a mare's nest.879. To fish in troubled waters.880. To fit like a glove. 881. To flog a dead horse. 882. To get out of bed on the wrong side. 883. To give a lark to catch a kite.884. To go for wool and come home shorn. 885. To go through fire and water (through thick and thin). 886. To have a finger in the pie. 887. To have rats in the attic.888. To hit the nail on the head.889. To kick against the pricks.890. To kill two birds with one stone. 891. To know everything is to know nothing. 892. To know on which side one's bread is buttered. 893. To know what's what. 894. To lay by for a rainy day.895. To live from hand to mouth.896. To lock the stable-door after the horse is stolen. 897. To look for a needle in a haystack. 898. To love somebody (something) as the devil loves holy water. 899. To make a mountain out of a molehill.900. To make both ends meet.
901. To make the cup run over. 902. To make (to turn) the air blue. 903. To measure another man's foot by one's own last.904. To measure other people's corn by one's own bushel. 905. To pay one back in one's own coin.906. To plough the sand. 907. To pour water into a sieve. 908. To pull the chestnuts out of the fire for somebody.909. To pull the devil by the tail.910. To put a spoke in somebody's wheel. 911. To put off till Doomsday.912. To put (set) the cart before the horse. 913. To rob one's belly to cover one's back.914. To roll in money.915. To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.916. To save one's bacon. 917. To send (carry) owls to Athens .918. To set the wolf to keep the sheep.919. To stick to somebody like a leech. 920. To strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.921. To take counsel of one's pillow.922. To take the bull by the horns. 923. To teach the dog to bark.924. To tell tales out of school.925. To throw a stone in one's own garden.926. To throw dust in somebody's eyes. 927. To throw straws against the wind. 928. To treat somebody with a dose of his own medicine. 929. To use a steam-hammer to crack nuts.930. To wash one's dirty linen in public. 931. To wear one's heart upon one's sleeve. 932. To weep over an onion.933. To work with the left hand. 934. Tomorrow come never. 935. Too many cooks spoil the broth.936. Too much knowledge makes the head bald.937. Too much of a good thing is good for nothing. 938. Too much water drowned the miller .939. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. 940. True blue will never stain.941. True coral needs no painter's brush. 942. Truth comes out of the mouths of babes and sucklings. 943. Truth is stranger than fiction.944. Truth lies at the bottom of a well. 945. Two blacks do not make a white.946. Two heads are better than one.947. Two is company, but three is none.948. Velvet paws hide sharp claws. 949. Virtue is its own reward. 950. Wait for the cat to jump. 951. Walls have ears.952. Wash your dirty linen at home.953. Waste not, want not.954. We know not what is good until we have lost it. 955. We never know the value of water till the well is dry.956. We shall see what we shall see. 957. We soon believe what we desire. 958. Wealth is nothing without health.959. Well begun is half done.960. What can't be cured, must be endured. 961. What is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh. 962. What is done by night appears by day.963. What is done cannot be undone.964. What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly. 965. What is lost is lost.966. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. 967. What is worth doing at alt is worth doing well. 968. What must be, must be.969. What the heart thinks the tongue speaks. 970. What we do willingly is easy.971. When angry, count a hundred.972. When at Rome, do as the Romans do. 973. When children stand quiet, they have done some harm.974. When flatterers meet, the devil goes to dinner. 975. When guns speak it is too late to argue.976. When pigs fly.977. When Queen Anne was alive. 978. When the cat is away, the mice will play. 979. When the devil is blind.980. When the fox preaches, take care of your geese. 981. When the pinch comes, you remember the old shoe. 982. When three know it, alt know it. 983. When wine is in wit is out.984. Where there's a will, there's a way. 985. While the grass grows the horse starves. 986. While there is life there is hope.987. Who breaks, pays. 988. Who has never tasted bitter, knows not what is sweet. 989. Who keeps company with the wolf, will learn to howl.990. Wise after the event. 991. With time and patience the leaf of the mulberry becomes satin. 992. Words pay no debts.993. You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink. 994. You cannot eat your cake and have it. 995. You cannot flay the same ox twice.996. You cannot judge a tree by it bark.997. You cannot teach old dogs new tricks. 998. You cannot wash charcoal white.999. You made your bed, now lie in it.1000. Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.
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