Fact is stranger than fiction. - Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796-1865)
Failure is a teacher; a harsh one, but the best. - Thomas J. Watson Sr. (1874-1956)
Failure is the path of least persistence. - unknown
Faint heart never won fair lady. - W. S. Gilbert (1836-1911)
Fair words can buy a horse on credit. - Trinidadian (on flattery and praise)
Fair words never hurt the tongue. - George Chapman (c.1559-1634)
Faith is the ability to not panic. - unknown
Falling is easier than rising. - Irish (on fame)
False friends leave you in times of trouble. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Familiarity breeds contempt. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. - German Proverb
Fear the Greeks bearing gifts. - Virgil (70-19 BC)
Fear the person who fears you. - Middle Eastern (on courage and fear)
Feed a cold and starve a fever. - C. Morley (1939)
Fine feathers don’t make fine birds. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Fine words butter no parsnips. - John Clarke (1639)
Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. - German Proverb
First come, first served. - unknown
First food, then religion. - Afghan (on practicality)
First things first. - G. Jackson (1894)
Fish don’t get caught in deep water. - Malay (on caution and care)
Fishing without a net is merely bathing. - Hausa (West African) (on authenticity)
Focus on what’s right in your world instead of what’s wrong. - unknown
Follow your dreams. - unknown
Following the path of least resistence is what makes both men and rivers crooked. - unknown
Fools and scissors require good handling. - Japanese (on foolishness)
Fools are like other folks as long as they are silent. - Danish (on foolishness)
Fools rush in where wise men fear to tread. - Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
For every bow there is an arrow. - unknown
For news of the heart, ask the face.- Guinean (on life and living)
Forgive and forget. - unknown
Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. - Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
Forethought is easy, repentance is hard. - Chinese (on discretion)
Forewarn’d, forearm’d. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Four horses cannot overtake the tongue. - Chinese (on gossip)
Friends are God’s way of taking care of us. -unknown
Friendship increases by visiting friends but visiting seldom. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Friendship is one mind in two bodies. - Mencius (c.371-289)
From the fullness of the heart, the mouth speaks. - Jesus Christ
Froth is not beer. - Dutch (on appearance and reality)
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