Keep a thing seven years and you will find a use for it
If you keep a seemingly useless thing for a long enough time, you will probably have some occasion to use it during that time. The proverb does... Read more →
Proverbs starting with letter K
Knowledge is power
The greater our knowledge, the greater our influence on others. The phrase implies that with knowledge or education one's potential or... Read more →
Know your own faults before blaming others for theirs
Think before you criticize others, for you may be criticized yourself in return.
Kind hearts are more than coronets
It is the character of a man that counts, not the nobility of his descent. The proverb is a quotation from Lady Clara Vere de Vere, a poem by... Read more →
Kill not the goose that lays golden eggs
A Greek fable tells of a man who possessed a goose that laid golden eggs. Impatient and avaricious by nature, he was not satisfied with one... Read more →
Keep something for a rainy day
Here 'rainy day' means 'time of trouble or misfortune'. The advice given is: 'You may be earning good money now, but don't spend it all. Put... Read more →