Pakistan proverbs for playing the Aphor game.

1. A closed mouth is better than talking nonsense.
2. A cock makes a great to-do, whether you catch hold of it tightly or gently.
3. A drowning man catches at a bush.
4. A fly’s hostility will be known on the bald man.
5. A fool would not have made such a fool of himself as a clever fellow (like you) has done.
6. A friend will cause you to weep, an enemy to laugh.
7. A good understanding is rubies and jewels, but it is not quarried with force or gold.
8. Give a hint to a gentleman, a club to a fool.
9. A horse shows itself off under a good rider.
10. A hundred blows of a goldsmith are equal to one of a smith.
11. A jackal at bay fights like a tiger.
12. A journey provokes a dire calamity.
13. A lamb goes with the sheep and a kid with the goats.
14. A lucky man never grieves.
15. A man who a snake has bitten is frightened by a bit of rope lying on the ground.
16. A man’s survival depends on many people.
17. A mountain is no place for a thief.
18. A rich house makes its foolish inhabitants wise.
19. A small man relies on a big, but a big man relies on God.
20. A tiger is a tiger, even inside a cage.
21. Acquire knowledge, for it is glory in religion and the world.
22. Aim at much, lay by a little.
23. Although stormcloud is dark, shining water falls from it.
24. An orphan is strong in crying.
25. An untimely guest will plunder your house.
26. As a man grows old, his avarice increases.
27. As are the mothers, so are the daughters.
28. As the rock, so its chameleon; as the mountain, so its goat.
29. Ask the sheep about the thorn-hedge.
30. Be beautiful yourself, and you will find a world full of beauty.
31. Be it but an onion, let it be (given) graciously.
32. Be not so sweet that men will eat you, nor so bitter that they will spit you out.
33. Brotherhood is all very well, but my bow has a definite price.
34. Camels slip in their own urine.
35. Charity begins with ones near and dear ones.
36. Common sense is not in one’s head, nor does age bring it. Instead, it is the result of considered thought.
37. Cowards bring harm to their associates.
38. Death comes to the miser and the generous man.
39. Death is certain, but a handsome grave and a coffin are doubtful.
40. Death on a full belly is more pleasing than a life of hunger.
41. Destiny is a saddled donkey, and he goes wherever you lead him.
42. Do not tyrannize over anyone, else it will happen with you too.
43. Don’t cram all five fingers into your mouth at once.
44. Don’t dance without the drum.
45. Don’t go in front of the brave or behind a mule.
46. Don’t lay yourself out over older men; they die, and young ones forget.
47. Don’t look at the cock on his dunghill, but on your plate.
48. Don’t put your fingers into every hole. Or you will get stung someday.
49. Don’t teach ducklings how to dive.
50. Don’t throw pearls into the cowshed.
51. Donkey foals are loaded according to their size.
52. Even the bears on the hills have their flirtations.
53. Eventually, the wolf’s cub becomes a wolf.
54. Every rose has a thorn as its friend.
55. Everyone thinks his own grave is too narrow.
56. An example is more than advice.
57. Expect the bull not to attack you because you’re a vegetarian.
58. Facts speak plainer than words.
59. First, know yourself, then betroth yourself.
60. For one who speaks lies, his silence is better than his speech.
61. Friendship is good with the noble, not with the base.
62. From hearts to hearts are ways.
63. From the full vessel, something spills over.
64. Go twice on the road, but not twice with a statement.
65. God will remain. Friends will not.
66. Good soup is made from good meat.
67. Great hands wreak great works, for if they (the hands) are small, they are stayed.
68. Guard yourself against ignorance, for it is dishonor both in religion and the world.
69. He had burnt his mouth with the porridge and was making death gasps.
70. He is so proud that an elephant could not carry his pride.
71. He will stop talking, who is about to start fighting.
72. He who does bad things will have bad dreams.
73. He who likes squabbles at home will contract two marriages.
74. He who places any hope upon the fabric of this world, embarks on a tour of the ocean in a paper boat.
75. However much you cook tripe, it will still taste horrible.
76. If a donkey goes to Mecca when he returns, he is still a donkey.
77. What sort of a load will it carry if a hare is made into a beast of burden?
78. If a man says to you, “A dog has carried off your ear,” would you go after the dog or put your hand to your ear?
79. If an older woman were a clear seer, she would ruin many families.
80. If porridge were good, it would sell in the Bazaar.
81. If the silk is old, you won’t make even a donkey’s pack-saddle from it.
82. If the truth comes out, it will burn up the land of liars.
83. If you and I agree, we don’t need a lawyer.
84. If you are not his equal in strength, don’t sit beside him off your guard.
85. If you deal in camels, make the doors high.
86. If you do not die of poverty, you will die of old age.
87. If you do not marry a gentle woman, she will not bear you a gentle son.
88. If you do wrong, you will sooner or later repent it.
89. If you don’t mind, bother, buy a goat.
90. If you fashion a cat of wood, it will not mew.
91. If you hit a watch with a stone or a stone with a watch it comes to the same in the end.
92. In the world, two things afford delight – riding on horseback and sleeping on a maiden’s breast.
93. Is a dog or a soldier the better for barking?
94. It is a great art to do the right thing at the right season.
95. It is a hundred times more challenging to make a thing than break it.
96. It is too late to whet the sword when the trumpet sounds to draw it.
97. It was a calamity, but it did not increase.
98. Keep a cousin poor, but use him.
99. Keep yourself ready, and watch your opportunity.
100. Lamentation is not a companion with a joyful drum.
101. Let a widow re-marry so that she may not be scandalized.
102. Look at a man’s deeds, not whether he is tall or short.
103. May you not eat a lark that will rise in your throat and make you croak.
104. Money doesn’t change people; it exposes them.
105. My father died, and his delirium ended.
106. No one perceives the smell of his own bad breath.
107. Of the broken bow, two persons are in fear.
108. One brave man is equal to a hundred cowards.
109. One can’t get currants without stalks.
110. One date is presumably more than two raisins.
111. One family’s migration draws another along.
112. One good turn deserves another.
113. One man grows a field of grain, and a hundred eat it.
114. One man may equal another, except in luck.
115. One stone is enough to drive away a hundred birds.
116. Parents say, “Our boy is growing up.” but they forget his life is shortening.
117. People are like stained-glass windows and look beautiful when the sun shines through them.
118. People laugh at fools, but fools laugh at all and sundry.
119. Retribution, though late, comes at last.
120. See the mother, comprehend her daughter.
121. Shoes are tested on the feet, not in the store.
122. Should you live one hundred years, alas you must die, my love.
123. Slow and steady wins the race.
124. Some ask what they will eat; some ask with what utensils shall they will eat.
125. Some die in the pursuit of money, some from its excess consumption.
126. Some horses were being shod, and a frog lifted up its feet.
127. Someone asked the sweeper of whom he was afraid, and he said, “Of my fellow-sweeper.”
128. Sowing is easy; reaping is difficult.
129. Speak friendly words to an enemy softly and gradually destroy him root and branch.
130. Strange food is on loan.
131. Stretch thy arm no farther than thy sleeve will reach.
132. Stretch your feet according to the length of your sheet.
133. Stretch your feet only as far as your covering.
134. Strong men and fools dare to tell the truth.
135. That part burns, which has caught fire.
136. The bald man doesn’t waste money on barbers.
137. The bird sees the grain, but not the snare.
138. The camel is for sale at a dollar, but as I don’t have a dollar.
139. The cat ate the curds, and the husband balmed the housewife.
140. The country dog catches the country hare.
141. The donkey ate the stick, and the potter’s jaw swelled.
142. The fatter a hen grows, the tighter her anus becomes.
143. The friend appears in hard times, not at big dinners.
144. The goldsmith knows the value of gold.
145. The good earth says, “If you are not a criminal, don’t fear me.”
146. The grey dog is the wolf’s brother.
147. The kid lies down by its mother’s side.
148. The lamb follows the sheep, the kid the goat.
149. The larks ruined the country, and the crows were blamed for it.
150. The liar tells lies, the honest man tests them.
151. The follower lives on trust in the leader and the leader on trust in God.
152. The load which your donkey won’t carry, you must deal with yourself.
153. The medicine for asking is giving.
154. The more you stir up filth, the more it smells.
155. The naked man leaves the road; the hungry man does not.
156. The sport of a donkey is either wind from behind or a kick.
157. The tree said.”If the ax handle were not made of my wood, no one would be able to fell me.”
158. The way is always open for the man with money.
159. The world is a traveller’s Sarai.
160. There are lots of stones, but only those of a seer’s weight are the ones that are needed.
161. There are many pleasures, but none will equal milk.
162. No tree has not felt the force of the wind.
163. Those who neglect their old friends for the sake of new are rightly served if they lose both.
164. Though arms are a load, sometimes they are useful.
165. Though I am but a straw, I am as good as you.
166. Though I have not pastured flocks, yet I have heard the patter of their feet.
167. Though my house has been burnt, my house of sun-baked bricks walls has become much stronger and better by being fire-baked.
168. Though silk is old, it is better than cotton thread.
169. Though the army is your father’s, it is a bad visitor.
170. Though the cock crow not, the morning will dawn.
171. Though the cow is black, its milk is white.
172. Though the grave is a jail, it is unavoidable for the corpse.
173. Though the night is dark, the hand does not miss the mouth.
174. Though truth-telling is proper, it often bites.
175. Though you are a guest, you are not a dead man.
176. Though you have a white beard and toothless gums, you have not ceased attending worldly affairs.
177. Through too many butchers, the sheep becomes unfit for food.
178. To a rich man, a mistress will come from Kabul.
179. To do okay work may be easy, but to become a master may be difficult.
180. To make yourself acceptable to your kinsman, wear appropriate clothes.
181. To punish an evil man makes him worse.
182. Turn your face to virtue and your back to vice.
183. Use language with everyone according to the measure of his understanding.
184. Water overflows where the banks are weak.
185. Were the knife of gold even, no one should plunge it into his own belly.
186. What are you doing where you have neither sheep nor lambs?
187. What do donkeys know of eating green wheat?
188. What is a small hair, what is its load?
189. What is grey shines white amidst the black.
190. What is the use to you of that Spring in which neither your calves nor your lambs graze?
191. What the mother ate her child sucked.
192. What tree is there that the wind has not shaken?
193. What will her mother’s or grandmother’s beauty avail the bride who is not herself beautiful?
194. What you spit out will not come back into your mouth.
195. When a man can’t get help, he finishes his work without it.
196. When a man grows old, every disease is searching for him.
197. When a stick is stirred in filth, the stench from it increases.
198. When our neighbor’s house is on fire, it is time to look to our own.
199. When the conversation is foolish, I am better off asleep than in such waking.
200. When the time arrives for the snake to die, it goes on to the road.
201. When the wedding is over what is the use of dressing up?
202. When there is no wind, bushes don’t shake.
203. Whether a man has or has no possessions, he has cared.
204. Who knows the benefit of good advice will begin no work without taking [fair] counsel.Who lives with a blacksmith will, at last, carry away burnt clothes.
205. Who may not have tasted Kabul fruits thinks wild sloes very fine.
206. Who shaves off his beard won’t take long about his mustache.
207. Whoever is too open-handed makes for himself loincloths of black blankets.
208. With the arrival of a stepmother, the father becomes a step-father.
209. You can trust a Hindu to the last grain.
210. You cannot knit a sock with one hand alone.
211. You keep on “cluck-clucking” here and lay your eggs in another village.
212. Your head is like a rose, but the rest of you is like an onion.

Covid logarithmic chart 2021-12-15

I have been making this chart for almost two years and its usefulness has now been supplanted by many others. A great site for visualizing the COVID-19 pandemic is Information Is Beautiful.

Covid logarithmic chart 2021-12-15 saved as an expandable GIF. Showing the largest countries by population.

Covid logarithmic chart 2021-12-15 saved as an expandable JPG. Showing the largest countries by population.

Indonesian Proverbs for playing the Aphor game

The Aphor game takes statements from all over the world and clashes them together in an effort to find ideas never thought before.

1. A bad workman blames his tools.
2. A person slips, and a ladder falls on him.
3. A prawn is hiding behind the rock.
4. After the sweet, the leftovers are thrown away.
5. An empty drum makes the loudest sound.
6. Barking dogs never bite.
7. Be like a beetle, living once on a flower field. Don’t be like a fly, living once on a mountain of trash.
8. Before you let your voice be heard, first lick your lips.
9. Better to have one bird in the hand than ten birds on the tree.
10. Beware, the enemy lies under your blanket.
11. Brain on the knees.
12. Calm water does not mean there are no crocodiles.
13. Calm water washes away.
14. Death is the bride of life.
15. Different fields different grasshoppers, different pools different fishes.
16. Diligence is the beginning of brilliance.
17. Even an excellent marksman may miss.
18. Every ivory has its cracks.
19. Expecting something bigger, and we let go of what we already have.
20. Freedom or death.
21. Given love, they ask for a heart.
22. Goodness shouts. Evil whispers.
23. He cannot dance but blames the floor as uneven.
24. He’s like an egg balanced on the tip of a horn.
25. He’s like water is on the taro leaf and slides away.
26. He was drinking water while diving.
27. If there is no rattan, use the roots instead.
28. If there is smoke, there must be fire.
29. It can be because of regular training and practice.
30. Life goes on even if some people try to stop progress.
31. Life is what you make of it.
32. Like a peanut who forgets its shell.
33. Like a split in half.
34. Like an owl yearning for the moon.
35. No matter how good a squirrel can jump, it will fall eventually.
36. Once a person cheats, forever, people will distrust him.
37. One dot of indigo ruined the milk.
38. One stroke at the paddle, two or three islands have passed.
39. One thing or the other, it’s basically the same.
40. People seek out big shots as flies seek out the elephant’s tail.
41. Playing with water, wet. Playing with fire, burned.
42. Rafting to the headwaters, swimming to the riversides. It is painful at first but victorious in the end.
43. Rippling water shows a lack of depth.
44. Still water can sweep you away.
45. The dog barks, but the caravan goes on.
46. The empty can sounds the loudest.
47. The firm tree does not fear the storm.
48. The fruit falls near the tree.
49. The hand that throws the stone is hidden.
50. The head can be heated, but the heart must stay cool.
51. The laughter of someone pining for his beloved is like that of someone who is always crying.
52. The mills of God grind slowly but surely.
53. The neighbor’s grass is always greener than ours.
54. The peg is bigger than the pole.
55. The ugly woman breaks the mirror.
56. There is a snake under the grass.
57. Think first your idea, for later regrets are useless.
58. Thinking birds would soar high, pigeon on hand released.
59. Tigers die because of their stripes.
60. To be sick first, to be happy later.
61. To clap with only one hand.
62. Whatever is broken will grow back, and whatever is lost will be replaced.
63. Where there is a will, there is a path.
64. Who sows the wind will reap the storm.
65. With one clap, he got two flies.
66. With only a drop of indigo, the whole pot of milk is ruined.
67. With willingness, there is a possibility.
68. You can’t see the elephant in front of your eyes, but you see the specks across the sea.
69. You give them the liver, but then they still ask for the heart.
70. You got to lose, to know how to win.
71. Your mouth is your tiger.

Some American proverbs for playing the Aphor Game

I worked all day on this post and then discovered The Phrase Finder. It would be fantastic for the purpose of the Aphor Game. It has subcategories that lend themselves to Aphor tweeting between concepts if one chooses to play the game.

I have added some ideas after a proverb marking it with a tilde. ~

1. A bad workman blames his poor tools. ~ A superior workman has exemplary tools.
2. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~ Catch birds with nets as they avoid people’s hands.
3. A cat has nine lives. ~
4. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
5. A change is as good as a rest.
6. A dog is a man’s best friend. ~ A dog will instantly fight for his attacked family.
7. A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
8. A fool and his money are soon parted.
9. A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~ A friend in deed is a friend indeed.
10. A good man is hard to find.
11. A house is not a home.
12. A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
13. A leopard can’t/doesn’t change its spots.
14. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
15. A man is known by his friends.
16. A penny saved is a penny earned.
17. A picture is worth a thousand words.
18. A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
19. A rising tide lifts all boats.
20. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
21. A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
22. A stitch in time saves nine.
23. There is a time and place for everything.
24. A thing begun is half done.
25. A watched pot never boils. ~ An unwatched pot always boils over.
26. A woman’s work is never done.
27. A word to the wise is enough.
28. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
29. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
30. Accidents will happen.
31. Actions speak louder than words.
32. Adversity and loss make a man wise.
33. All good things must come to an end
34. All’s well that ends well.
35. All’s fair in love and war.
36. All publicity is good publicity.
37. All that glitters is not gold.
38. All the world loves a lover.
39. All’s for the best in the best of all possible worlds.
40. Always put your best foot forward.
41. Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
42. An answer, when mild, turns away rage.
43. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
44. An army marches on its stomach.
45. An empty vessel makes much noise.
46. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
47. An idle brain is the devil’s workshop.
48. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
49. Appearances can be deceptive.
50. As you sow, so you shall reap.
51. Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust.
52. Ask no questions and hear no lies.
53. Barking dogs seldom bite.
54. Be slow in choosing but slower in changing.
55. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ~ True beauty is more than skin deep.
56. Beauty is only skin deep.
57. Beggars can’t be choosers. ~ Robbers must carefully choose who they rob.
58. The best things in life are free.
59. Better late than never.
60. Better to be poor and healthy rather than rich and sick.
61. Better to wear out than to rust out.
62. Birds of a feather flock together. ~ People seek their mirror image in soul matters.
63. Bitter pills may have blessed effects. ~ An unpleasant moment may bring lasting joy.
64. Blood is thicker than water.
65. Cemeteries are filled with people who thought the world couldn’t get along without them.
66. Cleanliness is next to Godliness. ~ The natural state is always turning toward disorder.
67. Close, but no cigar.
68. Close only counts in horseshoes.
69. Clothes do not make the man.
70. Count the cost.
71. Cowards die many times before their deaths.
72. Crime doesn’t pay.
73. Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
74. Curiosity killed the cat.
75. Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
76. Discretion is the better part of valor.
77. Do to others as you would have them do to you.
78. Don’t bite off more than you can chew.
79. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you. ~ That’s the difference between men and dogs.
80. Don’t blow your own trumpet.
81. Don’t cast pearls before swine.
82. Don’t count your chickens until they hatch.
83. Don’t cross a bridge until you come to it.
84. Don’t cry over spilled milk. ~ A tongue is great for licking milk off a countertop.
85. Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face. ~ Don’t poke out an eye when you don’t like what it sees.
86. Don’t judge a book by its cover.
87. Don’t kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
88. Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill. ~ Stirring trouble cooks up more trouble.
89. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. ~ Put your jewels in one safe place and guard it well.
90. Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
91. Don’t put the cart before the horse.
92. Don’t put too many irons in the fire. ~ Limit your tasks to what you can finish.
93. Don’t talk the talk if you can’t walk the walk.
94. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.
95. Each day provides its gifts.
96. The early bird catches the worm.
97. Early in the year, early in the month, early in the week, early in the day.
98. Easy come easy go.
99. Empty bags cannot stand upright.
100. Enjoy it while it lasts.
101. Every cloud has a silver lining. ~ The more ominous the cloud, the worse the storm.
102. Every dog has its day.
103. Every man has his price.
104. Every man is the architect of his destiny.
105. Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
106. Familiarity breeds contempt.
107. Feed a cold, starve a fever.
108. Failing to plan is planning to fail.
109. First things first.
110. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
111. Forgive and forget.
112. Fortune favors the brave. ~ Misfortune stalks the fearless.
113. From little acorns, might oaks do grow. ~ Tremendous things grow from tiny beginnings.
114. Get out, while the going is good. ~ Get out of trouble while getting out is possible.
115. Give them an inch, and they’ll take a mile.
116. God helps those who help themselves. ~ The Devil helps those who grab what they want.
117. Good things come to those who wait. ~ Good things come to everyone, but more come to some.
118. Good weight and measure are heaven’s treasure. ~ Honest people live in heaven.
119. Great minds think alike.
120. Grief shared is divided. ~ Joy shared is multiplied.
121. Half a loaf is better than none.
122. Haste makes waste.
123. He that lives on hope will die fasting. ~ Hope without work eventually finds hunger.
124. He that marries for money will earn it.
125. Here today, gone tomorrow. ~ Opportunities pass quietly away in the night.
126. Honesty is the best policy. ~ The best policy is kindness, perseverance, integrity, and timing.
127. Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst.
128. Hope for breakfast, enthusiasm for lunch, and satisfaction for supper.
129. Hope is a good breakfast, but a poor supper.
130. If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it.
131. If the mountain doesn’t come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
132. If you can’t beat them, join them.
133. If you play with fire, you will get burned. ~ Fire is a helpful tool but a malicious toy.
134. If you snooze, you lose.
135. If you want something done right, do it yourself. ~ If you have the skills, tools, money, time, do it.
136. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
137. Ignorance is bliss. ~ Ignorance cultivated becomes stupidity going to rot.
138. It ain’t over till the fat lady sings.
139. It’s a small world.
140. It’s better to be safe than sorry.
141. It’s darkest before dawn.~ Nights are darkest when it’s overcast and Moonless.
142. It’s easy to be wise after the event.
143. It’s never too late to mend.
144. It’s not over till it’s over.
145. It’s no use crying over spilled milk.
146. It never rains, but it pours.
147. It takes two to make a quarrel.
148. It takes two to tango.
149. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
150. Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
151. Knowledge is power. ~ Knowledge is power, forethought, motivation, and the means to get things done.
152. Laughter is the best medicine. ~ Prevention of disease and injury is better than splints and medicine.
153. Learn to walk before you run.
154. Leave no stone unturned.
155. Let sleeping dogs lie.
156. Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas.
157. Life begins at forty. ~ life always begins right now.
158. Lightning never strikes twice in the same place. ~ Ben Franklin disproved of hopeful nonsense.
159. Like father, like son. ~ Meet the mother to know the daughter.
160. Look before you leap.
161. Love is blind.
162. Make hay while the sun shines.
163. Make love, not war.
164. Many hands make light work.
165. Measure twice, cut once.
166. Mind your own business.
167. Misery loves company.
168. Money doesn’t grow on trees.
169. Money is the root of all evil.
170. Money talks.
171. Necessity is the mother of invention. ~ Seeking and seeing are how we find wonderful new inventions.
172. Necessity never made a good bargain.
173. Never be content with your lot. Try for a lot more.
174. Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
175. Never test the depth of the water with both feet.
176. Never trouble trouble ’till trouble troubles you. ~
177. No gain without pain.
178. No man is an island. ~ We need a whole ecosystem to live fully.
179. No pain, no gain.
180. No news is good news.
181. Once bitten, twice shy.
182. One man’s junk is another man’s treasure.
183. One shouldn’t miss the forest for the trees.
184. Opportunities, like eggs, come one at a time.
185. Opportunity seldom knocks twice.
186. Out of sight, out of mind.
187. Paddle your own canoe. ~ Do your own work, and you can take care of yourself.
188. Patience is a virtue.
189. The pen is mightier than the sword.
190. People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. ~ Don’t hurt others, or they will hurt you.
191. Persuasion is better than force.
192. Practice makes perfect. ~ Practice improves your level of skill with complex tasks.
193. Practice what you preach.
194. Pride is the last vice a good man gets clear of. ~ Even when old Ben Franklin admitted pride.
195. Rome wasn’t built in a day.
196. Seeing is believing.
197. Shrewd is the one that has seen the calamity and proceeds to conceal himself.
198. Silence is half consent. ~
199. Slow and steady wins the race. ~ Fast and wobbly falls on its face.
200. Still-waters run deep.
201. Strike while the iron is hot.
202. Take it with a grain of salt. ~ Tolerance will avoid many fights.
203. Take the bitter with the sweet. ~ Bitter is better with some sweet sauce.
204. The best-laid plans go astray.
205. The early bird gets the worm. ~ Get things done before your opportunities vanish.
206. The end justifies the means.
207. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. ~ The friend of my friend is a potential friend.
208. The harder you work, the luckier you get.
209. The grass is greener on the other side of the fence. ~ Good fences make good neighbors.
210. The pen is mightier than the sword.
211. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
212. There’s an excption to every rule.
213. There are plenty more fish in the sea. ~ The ocean of fish is big but not infinitely big.
214. There’s more than one way to skin a cat. ~ Ask a cat driver how to skin a cat.
215. There is no place like home.
216. There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~ There is “free TV”, with ads, and bias.
217. There is no time like the present.
218. There is safety in numbers.
219. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
220. The show must go on.
221. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
222. Time and tide wait for no man.
223. Time heals all wounds.
224. Time is money. ~ Money doesn’t buy time, but it buys faster transportation.
225. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
226. Two heads are better than one.
227. Two wrongs don’t make a right. ~ But three left turns do make a right turn.
228. Variety is the spice of life. ~ A little salt and pepper make potatoes come to life.
229. Watch the doughnut and not the hole.
230. Well-begun is half done.
231. What’s done is done.
232. What goes around comes around.
233. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
234. When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
235. Where there is no wood, the fire goes out.
236. Where there’s a will, there’s a way to get the job done.
237. Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. ~ Where there is a clean fire, there is no smoke.
238. Where one door shuts, another opens.
239. While the cat’s away, the mice will play.
240. Wishes won’t wash dishes. ~ Hopes and wishes don’t catch fishes.
241. You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. ~ Put vinegar in a cup to drown fruitflies.
242. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.
243. You cannot serve two masters.
244. You cannot unscramble eggs.
245. You can’t always get what you want.
246. You can’t fit a round peg in a square hole.
247. You can’t have your cake and eat it too.
248. You can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.
249. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
250. You can’t unscramble a scrambled egg.
251. You can’t win them all.
252. You must kiss a lot of toads to find a prince. ~ Every prince has a toad under his belt.
253. You reap what you sow.
254. You show me the man, and I’ll show you the rule.

Some Indian Proverbs for playing the Aphor Game

1. An ounce of practice is worth a thousand words.
2. A minute of practice is worth a month of study.
3. Freedom to make your own mistakes is real freedom.
4. Yesterday is a dream, tomorrow a hallucination.
5. We can’t change the wind, but we can change the sails.
6. Life is not a flow of lovely choices but of irritating injunctions.
7. No hand can catch the hand of time.
8. Now is in the past once you blink.
9. When you were born, you cried, and your family rejoiced.
10. When you die, the world cries, and you rejoice for a life lived as you chose.
11. Beautiful things attract your eye, but choose those that capture your heart.
12. Where the needle comes out, the thread will follow.
13. The eyes will not see what the mind does not seek.
14. A book is a whole world carried in a pocket.
15. Your work postponed until tomorrow is quickly forgotten.
16. A man riding in a limousine will not fear the bark of a dog.
17. A thief thinks everybody is out to rob him.
18. You do not stub your toe on a mountain but on a rock.
19. Never put off for tomorrow what you can do today.
20. Every dog is a tiger in his own house.
21. Pearls are of no value when dying of thirst in a desert.
22. Pull someone by the ears, and his heart and head will follow.
23. He who does not climb will never fall.
24. Take your medicine, then say your prayers.
25. Among those without foresight, a one-eyed man is a king.
26. A cat can settle the argument between two birds in a cage.
27. Cope with everyone with gentleness, goodness, generosity, and truth.
28. Build your house in a comfortable climate and away from local problems.
29. A guilty conscience is an enemy you voluntarily created.
30. When we take one glance at pleasure, it draws us to take a step toward it.
31. Patience is the most helpful habit.
32. What was hard to bear is intriguing to recount.
33. They who give have everything, but they who grab hold nothing.
34. Don’t brag about your wealth at someone else’s table.
35. Nonviolence is the ultimate direction leading to a long life.
36. Don’t criticize any man until you have experienced his problems.
37. Walking slowly will get you where you are going.
38. I met a hundred brothers while going to the sacred mountain.
39. To loan money is to buy trouble.
40. The money you dream about will not pay your bills.
41. When you value money, it is no longer a servant but a master.
42. Sometimes a rock is what you need, and sometimes a diamond.
43. Famine destroys all virtues.
44. A man without any money is like a bow without any arrows.
45. A self-made man will carry his suitcase.
46. Being alone under the night sky emphasizes hunger and cold.
47. Greed is the root cause of sorrow, and generosity is the root of love.
48. Haggle the price but not about the goods.
49. Quarreling with a smart man is better than being bored by a stupid one.
50. Alertness and good sense are life’s shields.
51. A friend reflects your thoughts and emotions, and you see yourself.
52. Look down and feel big; look up and feel small.
53. When you have an ass for a companion, expect nothing but kicks.
54. To the mediocre, mediocrity appears to be the right way to live.
55. Complaining is the only resource of those without any power.
56. He who works as a slave in the king’s court eats like a king.
57. It is easy to forget kindness, but one never forgets unkindness.
58. A fox steals your chickens and forgives his thieving nature.
59. If you are up to your knees in pleasure, then you are up to your waist in grief.
60. It is in humanity’s power to see things from many points of view.
61. Do not blame nature for creating mosquitos any more than creating your blood for it to eat.
62. Without the desire for something, everything is worthless.
63. A man without a woman is half a man, a eunuch.
64. A woman’s spouse is a man, but a man’s spouse is his life.
65. What direction do a woman, wind, and wealth go?
66. Happy is the woman whose husband does not yell at her.
67. Love from an evil person creates more pain than his hatred.
68. War gives men’s lives a purpose, and childbirth gives it to women.
69. It is love that makes the impossible do-or-die problem possible.
70. For the friendship of two, at least one must have patience.
71. Genius minds create things, great ones discuss ideas, medium minds discuss events, and little minds discuss people.
72. All human creatures must depend on each other to exist.
73. Nothing can describe all the marvels of the Universe.

These proverbs have all been taken from the internet and changed slightly by me to become new statements because I don’t want to violate anyone’s personal work.

Some Chinese proverbs for playing the Aphor Game

This list was derived from the internet.

1. Don’t be afraid of going slowly, be afraid of getting stuck
2. Teachers open the book of life, but you must read it yourself.
3. Better to light a candle than stumble in the darkness.
4. Genius can be recognized by its innocent simplicity.
5. Solve one problem, and a multitude vanish.
6. A journey of a thousand days begins with a sad goodbye.
7. A bird sings because that’s what it wants to do.
8. To know a friend is to know their heart.
9. Talk does not grow rice or cook it.
10. Before improving the world, clean your own house.
11. Greet everyone as a welcome guest.
12. To fall into a ditch makes you wiser about ditches.
13. Sometimes it’s better to have a stone than a diamond.
14. He who asks a dumb question appears ignorant for a moment, but he who does not ask remains ignorant forever.
15. You can’t buy time with gold, but you can buy other people’s time with gold.
16. A needle with a flat head is called a pin, and either can prick you.
17. Even a friend will bite when he is cornered.
18. Create habits carefully because they are cobwebs at first but chains after a few usages.
19. Plant potatoes for yourself and trees for your children.
20. Patience is bitter, but its rewards are long and sweet.
21. If you must kneel, put your knees firmly on the ground.
22. It’s better to be without a book than to accept a book without thinking.
23. A hundred honest noes are less harmful than a single insincere yes.
24. The whole Universe will cheat him who cheats Mother nature.
25. Better in the cottage where one is in control of oneself than in the palace where one snivels.
26. Water in the well does not put out a house on fire.
27. He who thinks too much will never make a move.
28. All things change, and we change with them or die.
29. Ask about the road ahead from those coming toward you.
30. A great book holds a mountain of heavy gold.
31. Learning is a heavy task, but it is light when you need it.
32. With foresight, you can do everything easily at the right time.
33. A man who cannot endure minor misfortunes can never accomplish great things.
34. The only one who can swallow an insult is a man with a great goal.
35. A crisis is an opportunity to ride the bronco of glorious victory.
36. If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a life of sorrow.
37. Don’t worry about tripping on mountains, watch out for the molehills.
38. If you don’t want others to know what you have done, don’t do it.
39. Make your own decisions. To follow a crowd makes you a zombie.
40. Teach a man to fish in your pond, and you feed him for a lifetime.
41. You can know the value of things by asking about the prices at three other stores.
42. A little impatience will wreck a fantastic strategy.
43. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, and you better have a good reason.
44. Neither a mouse nor an elephant can drink not more than its fill from a river.
45. If you want you or your children to have a peaceful life, we must all suffer some hunger and cold.
46. An easy smile will gain you ten more years of life, and a constant grouch will deprive you of ten.
47. Ripe fruit falls by itself – but it doesn’t fall in your mouth unless you position yourself very carefully.

I made this list by modifying those Chinese sentences found on the web. The goal is to be able to use that practical wisdom to play the Aphor Game.

Covid Logarithmic Chart 2021-12-10

Covid Logarithmic Chart 2021-12-10 with cases and deaths for the world and the largest 10 countries. JPG

Covid Logarithmic Chart 2021-12-10 with cases and deaths for the world and the largest 10 countries. GIF

The sad thing for me is that my Deschutes County, Oregon, USA, has the worst death rate slope on this chart. The strange part of this situation is that the local people are tired of the restrictions and are now having large public parades and flocking back to public events like church services. This is happening just as the Omicron version is taking off, and only the usual measures will help slow the oncoming assault of Covid. That is the way to prevent the spread, but it is not being promoted. What has happened is that everyone who wants a vaccination has gotten one, and those who haven’t are crowding the hospitals to a number that is greater than when the whole population was exposed. The unvaccinated are now less than twenty percent of the total population, but makeup over ninety percent of the hospitalized.

The unvaccinated have been hit hard and are going to keep getting hit, and probably hit harder.

My doctor and I talked on the phone.

My problems are as easy to cope with as anyone who is eighty-six years old, and yet they fill me with anxiety. The anxiety isn’t for me and not even much for my friends, but for humanity. As wonderful as the world has been to humanity for our entire existence, the Anthropocene won’t last forever, and probably not much longer. Although our conversation was about the control and recession of my personal physical and mental problems to almost nonexistent, it kept returning to my worries about humanity.

I clearly remember the beginning of the Anthropocene because I watched the sunrise totally eclipsed over Boise, Idaho, on July 9, 1945. It was a week later on July 16, 1945, at 5:29:45 a.m, that the first atomic bomb exploded over Alamogordo, New Mexico, which began the elemental signature that marks that moment in geological strata. My grandfather, uncle, and I were standing at +43.6323 -116.8898, next to the main water canal for that event. A couple of months later, on 08/09/1945, I and granddad were sitting in our house at +43.6321 -116.9020 listening to President Truman reporting on the atomic bombs dropped on Japan, ending World War Two.

As a pilot in the USAF, I intentionally flew over that first bomb site as a tourist. As a high school kid, I lived across the field from the reactor where the plutonium was made for the first of our atomic bombs and most of the rest for many years. When living fifty-one years in Berkeley, I knew intimately many of the people and families of those who designed these things. They are all very good people!

Perhaps it is inevitable that the best people will create the tools that are inherent in the nature of the Universe, that will destroy us when the worst people get the power to use what has been created. These problems are not distant for me but personal, and that’s why my anxiety is high.

Some German phrases for playing the Aphors game.

This list was compiled from The Intrepid Guide, There are other lists, but this one gives an easily numbered list so the Aphor Game can have location numbers. For more and better help with the German language, click The Intrepid Guide,

1. Now it goes around the sausage, – All or nothing.

2. There you are on the woodway, – You are completely wrong.

3. My hair stands up to the mountain, – I’ve got goosebumps.

4. I understand only train station, – I have no idea what you are saying.

5. Sorry but my English is under all pig, – Sorry, but my English is just the worst.

6. I think I spider, – I believe I’m dreaming.

7. The Devil I will do! – I will NOT do that!

8. Come on, jump over your shadow, – Get out of your comfort zone.

9. You walk me animally on the cookie, – You are getting on my nerves, Massively.

10. Holla the wood fairy, – Well, that’s unexpected.

11. I see black for you, – I don’t see any good news coming your way.

12. You are such a fear-rabbit, – You are so easily scared.

13. You might tick incorrectly – You are stupid.

14. You are missing cups in your cupboard – You’re crazy.

15. You have a bird – You are crazy.

16. She had a circleruntogetherbreak – She fainted.

17. I fall from all clouds – I have not expected this.

18. No one can reach me the water – Nobody is better than me.

19. You are the yellow from the egg – You are all I’m looking for.

20. It runs me ice cold down my back – My blood runs cold.

21. I’m fox devils wind – I’m super mad.

22. That makes me nobody so quickly after – No one will copy that so easily.

23. Now we have the salad – Well, here we have what we deserve.

24. I think my pig whistles – I believe I’m dreaming.

25. You can slide my back down – Leave me alone / get out of here.

26. My dear Mr Singing Club – Impressive.

27. That goes off like Schmitz’ cat – That escalated quickly.

28. I laugh me broken – You got to be kidding me.

29. You will come in devil’s kitchen – You’re in deep trouble.

30. The motive holies the means – Anything’s a dildo if you’re brave enough.

31. I make me out of the dust – I’m leaving.

32. You have a crack in your dish – You’re crazy.

33. Now we sit here in the ink – We’re in trouble.

34. Now the oven is out – Game over. Nothing else to expect.

35. I have now really my nose full – Enough of that bullshit.

36. You luck mushroom – You lucky man.

37. I get the crisis – I’m going mad.

38. You’re a pea counter – You are very nitpicky.

39. Dead said live longer – Don’t write it off too early.

40. I stand on the tube – I have no idea what is going on.

41. Everything for the cat – All for nothing.

42. A stone falls from my heart – I’m relieved.

43. Now it punches Thirteen – That’s enough.

44. That fits on no cowskin – Your lies are unbelievable.

45. You can take poison on that – You can bet on it.

46. You helped me no meter further – Your advice was a waste of time.

47. There you are looking stupid out of the laundry – You didn’t expect that, no?

48. There the dog goes crazy in the pan – That’s unbelievable.

49. Put a tooth on it – Be quicker.

50. Lid down, monkey dead – That’s it.

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Yesterday the Aphor Game randomly chose a name from the Aphors list by SOURCE DATE. It was Ambrose Bierce and the #1 Maxim was “I think I think; therefore, I think I am.” and the random challenge was “To set forth from false principles.” from the  Latin phrases translated into English.

Today, right before my eyes at the bottom of the list above is “#50. Lid down, monkey dead – That’s it.” And the challenge will be from the last item on Ambrose Bierce’s list, “#52. Being murdered for your beliefs and actions is superior to dying of old age.”

1. He was murdered on his hundredth birthday for lechery and monkeying around.
2. The lid comes down on old men and monkeys.
3. Chiseled on his lid, was “THAT’S IT!” as a reminder to other chiselers.
4. Nothing is superior to dying of old age, because you never know what’s going to happen next.
5. Being murdered for beliefs demonstrates stupid inflexibility in at least two people.
6. When you have done everything you can, That’s it, call your monkey dead, and they put the lid down,

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Latin phrases translated into English make for fine Aphor gaming.

Any phrase from the really long list of common Latin phrases translated into English will automatically challenge my list of Aphors. The goal of the Aphor game is to discover new ideas hidden between ideas already existing in our world, or alternately, new ideas resulting from projections around the randomly generated pairs. Also, click Aphors list by SOURCE DATE, and challenge those ideas.

For example: from the Latin phrases near the top of the list we get

a falsis principiis proficisci

to set forth from false principles

From the Aphors list, I randomly picked Ambrose Bierce:

1.- I think I think; therefore, I think I am.

Then the game is to quickly come up with as many spins that arise from a clashing of those ideas.

1. It is a false premise to think I think.
2. Is it a false premise to think I think, or to think I am?
3. I think you are thinking from a false premise.
4. You aren’t the boss of me!
5. Don’t tell me what to think!
6. It is impossible for any thought to be utterly false.
7. It is impossible for any statement to be utterly true.
8. I think my principles are true, even if you think they are false.
9. Every journey begins with a step, and only when we return do we know if it was a false one.
10. I think I think, and I think I am correct in what I think.
11. I make it a point to think several times per day that I made a mistake.