"A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words"

Saturday Proverb:

Proverb: "A picture is worth a thousand words"

Meaning: 

This is an English idiom. It refers to the idea that a complex idea can be conveyed with 

just a single still image or that an image of a subject conveys its meaning or essence more

effectively than a description does.

History / Interesting Fact:

One of the earliest known references to the expression is from a 1911 newspaper article in which newspaper editor Arthur Brisbane, speaking about journalism and publicity, says “Use a picture. It’s worth a thousand words.”

"Keep Your Friends Close And Your Enemies Closer”

Saturday Proverb:

Proverb: "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer”

Meaning: 

One should be on their toes and alert of their surroundings if malicious people are around, to ensure such people can't wreak havoc in one's life.

History / Interesting Fact:

In The Godfather Part II (1974) - written by Mario Puzo & Francis Ford Coppola: Michael Corleone said: "My father taught me many things here — he taught me in this room. He taught me — keep your friends close but your enemies closer."

"Fortune Favours The Brave"

Saturday Proverb:

Proverb: "Fortune favours the brave."

Meaning: 

People who bravely go after what they want are more successful than people who try to live safely.

History / Interesting Fact:

The Yorkshire Regiment:

Used as the motto for the British Army's Yorkshire Regiment.

The Yorkshire Regiment - regimental cap badge

"There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch."

Saturday Proverb:

Proverb: "There's no such thing as a free lunch."

Meaning:

Things that are offered for free always have a hidden cost.

History / Interesting Fact:

The "free lunch" refers to the once-common tradition of saloons in the United States providing a ”free” lunch to patrons who had purchased at least one drink. Many foods on offer were high in salt – for example: ham / cheese and salted crackers - so those who ate them ended up buying a lot of beer.

Rudyard Kipling in 1891 noted the following

...came upon a bar-room full of bad Salon pictures, in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts.