Proverbs and old sayings, page 271

43575 proverbs and old sayings

To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

It is always easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about permission, absolution, americans

Dogs delight to bark and bite for God has made them so.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about god, americans

If you make yourself a doormat, you will be stepped on.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, contentment

You cannot have all chiefs; you gotta have Indians too.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, contentment

A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about self-control, americans

A man who is his own doctor has a fool for his patient.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, man

An ounce of favor goes farther than a pound of justice.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about justice, americans

A new broom sweeps clean, but an old one scrapes better.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, old, olderness

Clean your own doorstep before you clean someone else's.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, contentment

Those who take the profits should also bear the expense.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Dignity is one thing that can't be preserved in alcohol.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about dignity, things, americans

You can't blame a dentist for looking down at the mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, contentment

Don't marry without love, but don't love without reason.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about reason, love, americans

The loudest bell does not always have the sweetest tone.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

You might as well die with the chills as with the fever.

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

Fidelity is a noble virtue, yet justice is nobler still.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about fidelity, justice, virtue, americans

Fools and children should never look at unfinished work.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about children, work, americans

Learn as you'd live forever; live as you'd die tomorrow.

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

Industry is fortune's right hand and frugality her left.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about wealth, rightness, americans