65 Modern Proverbs

by London designer & illustrator Nikki Farquharson

Just to name a few (I’ve accompanied it with age-old sayings in italics just to give you young’uns an idea):

“Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.” - Sun Tzu,Chinese General & Military Strategist (wayyyy before your time)

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger” - German Philosopher,  Friedrich Nietzsche

“Behind every man there is a great woman” - First citation found in a Texas Newspaper, The Porter Arthur News, February 1946 . (Though I have to disagree about the positioning on this one. Us women aren’t the ones standing behind— it’s illogical and awkward for many men)

“Don’t bite the hand that feeds you” - English Proverb

“The best things in life come in threes.” - Too old to recall.

“Jack of all trades, master of none” - English Proverb

” Love makes the world go round” - Ancient Proverb

” Home is where the heart is”

” A person is known by the company he keeps.” - English Proverb

” The Truth shall set you free!” - John 8:32

” There’s no place like home” - L.Frank Baum

” The pen is mightier than the sword” Edward George Bulwer Lytton, British politician, author and playwright.

” Youth is wasted on the young” - George Bernard Shaw, Irish Playwright.

Finally, my personal favorite (a bad inside joke between my ex-friend. Would have loved to pass him this link but he unwisely unfriended me on facebook instead of putting me on  limited profile ;[ ) 

” He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword” - Matthew 26:52