Proverbs and old sayings, page 274

43575 proverbs and old sayings

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.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Every man is occasionally what he ought to be perpetually.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, man

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.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Sweep before your own door before you sweep before others.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, contentment

Better a little fire to warm us than a big one to burn us.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about fire, fire brigade, americans

A thimbleful of experience is worth a tubful of knowledge.

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

Hell is populated with the victims of harmless amusements.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about victims, hell, americans

Absence cools moderate passions but inflames violent ones.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about tact, art, magic, enemies, americans

To carry care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about sleep, americans

It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.

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

The daughter of a spry old woman makes a poor housekeeper.

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

Opportunity doesn't knock. You knock, opportunity answers.

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

The baby who always gets carried will never learn to walk.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

All are architects of fate working in these walls of time.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about destiny, time, americans

He who speaks the truth must have one foot in the stirrup.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about truth, americans