"Practice Makes Perfect."

Saturday Proverb:

Proverb: "Practice makes perfect."

Meaning:

Doing something over and over again is the only way to learn to do it well.

History / Interesting Fact:

This proverb can be traced back to the 1550’s-1560’s when its form was 'Use Makes Perfect.' The Latin version is: 'Uses promptos facit.' 

"What's Good For The Goose Is Good For The Gander."

Saturday Proverb:

Proverb: "What's good for the goose is good for the gander."

Meaning: 

What is good for a man is equally good for a woman; or, what a man can have or do, so can a woman have or do. This comes from an earlier

proverb, “What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.”

History / Interesting Fact:

This proverb was cited and described as a woman's proverb in John Ray's English Proverbs (1678) and suggests that if something is good or okay for the man in a relationship or marriage – it is also good for the woman (goose being female and gander being male).

"You Can Catch More Flies With Honey Than With Vinegar."

Saturday Proverb:

Proverb: "You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar."

Meaning: 

It is more effective to be polite and flattering than to be hostile or demanding.

History / Interesting Fact:

This proverb is more commonly heard in America and has been traced back to G. Torriano's 'Common Place of Italian Proverbs'.

It first appeared in the United States in Benjamin Franklin's 'Poor Richard's Almanac' in 1744.

"You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It Too."

Saturday Proverb:

Proverb: "You can't have your cake and eat it too."

 

Meaning: 

The proverb literally means "you cannot simultaneously retain your cake and eat it". Once the cake is eaten, it is gone. You may also hear people say that you can have your cake and eat it too.

History / Interesting Fact:

The phrase is recorded in a letter from 14^th March 1538 when Thomas Duke of Norfolk wrote to Thomas Cromwell as "a man can not have his cake and eat his cake".