Proverbs and old sayings, page 273

43574 proverbs and old sayings

Borrowed wives, like borrowed books, are seldom returned.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about books, americans

Youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about fight, regret, olderness, youth, age, americans, old

If the heart is right, the head cannot be very far wrong.

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A friend at hand is better than a relative at a distance.

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Flattery, like perfume, should be smelled, not swallowed.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about perfume, flattering, americans

Don't ask a man for a favour before he has had his lunch.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, man

Experience is a dear school, but fools learn in no other.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about school, experience, americans

What is an expert? Someone who is twenty miles from home.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about home, americans

Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about memory, experience, wisdom, mother, americans

Don't believe your enemy even when he's telling the truth.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about faith, enemies, truth, americans

When you go to dance, take heed whom you take by the hand.

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

A harvest of peace is produced from a seed of contentment.

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

Industry keeps the body healthy,... and the purse full.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about body, americans

There's no use asking the cow to pour you a glass of milk.

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

Blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed.

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Every man is occasionally what he ought to be perpetually.

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Never let your education interfere with your intelligence.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about education, intelligence, americans

First a daughter, then a son, and the family's well begun.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about family, americans

First build your house and then accommodate the furniture.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about home, house, americans

If the defendant is silent the jury will think him guilty.

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