Farm Wisdom

[lildog]

A wise old friend shared these with me today. How many of you have heard of said any of them? Truisms, every one.
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Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong


Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance


Life is simpler when you plow around the stump


A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor


Words that soak into your ears are whispered - not yelled


Meanness don't jes' happen overnight


Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads


Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you


It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge


You cannot unsay a cruel word


Every path has a few puddles


When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty


The best sermons are lived, not preached


Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway


Don't judge folks by their relatives


Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer


Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time


Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none


Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance


If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'


Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got


The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'


Always drink upstream from the herd


Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment


Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in


If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around

[C-Pop]

Good stuff lildog, thanks for sharing.

[SONNY]

I like that!!---LOTTA truth in there, if you read and think about the words!! thanks; sonny

[Little Indy]

Here is some from rural Reggio de Calabria (Southern Italy)

Admire the mountains, take the valleys.

If two people always agree, one is unnecessay.

When one is ill a cow is not payment enough, but once well a chicken is too much.

Your friend will tell you when your fly is open; your enemies will keep their mouths shut.

Richard

[John *.?-!.* cub owner]

Two can eat as cheaply as one, so long as one is a horse, and the other a sparrow.

[Russ Leggitt]

I really enjoyed the sages you shared with us. I have heard most of these
all my life but need to re-read occasionally.

Can add:

1). When one thinks he/she is indispensable just draw up a glass of
water and put one finger in it and rapidly pull it out and see how
big a hole there is.

2). Try to hold sand in your hand in a running stream.

[FCUBMAN]

I enjoyed them all - and even learned a bit from these words of wisdom deserving some thought. Thanks for posting them.
Brian

[beaconlight]

With your feet on the ground, your head is out of the clouds.

Bill