Proverbs and old sayings, page 266

43575 proverbs and old sayings

There are many echoes in the world, but few voices.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about world, americans

Common sense is very uncommon with a lot of people.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about common sense, sense, people, americans

Solid learning makes a man fit company for himself.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about companies, americans, man

He who has no future loses his grip on the present.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about present, future, americans

The man who loves to argue is left without friends.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, man

To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about proudness, knowledge, light, blind, americans

Knowledge conquered by labour becomes a possession.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about knowledge, americans

There is only one blasphemy, and that is injustice.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about injustice, americans

When a father praises his son, he flatters himself.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

You cannot drive a windmill with a pair of bellows.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, contentment

Apprehension of evil is worse than the evil itself.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Choose you friends like your books: few but choice.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about books, americans, contentment

The opportunity of a lifetime is seldom so labeled.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about chance, americans

See the weakest fruit drops earliest to the ground.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

A diamond on a dunghill is a precious diamond still.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

He who never learns anything never forgets anything.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

If you would enjoy its fruit, pluck not the blossom.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, contentment

It's a poor frog who doesn't play with his own pond.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

When the eagle is dead, the crows pick out his eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about eyes, americans

Words and deeds are not weighed in the same balance.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about deeds, word, americans