Proverbs and old sayings, page 288

43575 proverbs and old sayings

The only thing we learn from new elections is we learned nothing from the old.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about elections, things, nothing, americans, old, olderness

Don't meddle in others' affairs unless you want your own nose scraped a little.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, contentment

Advisers get away with it. They never have to pay the penalty for their advice.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about advice, americans

You can't jest an enemy into a friend, but you can jest a friend into an enemy.

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

Charity is not a bone you throw to your dog but a bone you share with your dog.

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

It's better to be a big frog in a little pond than a little frog in a big pond.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

One tree can make a million matches, and one match can destroy a million trees.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about destruction, americans

Reputation is what you are in the light; character is what you are in the dark.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about prestige, character, dark, light, americans, contentment

Fate can be taken by the horns, like a goat, and pushed in the right direction.

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

Not he who has many ideas but he who has one conviction may become a great man.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, man

A fool can ask more questions in a minute than a wise man can answer in an hour.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, man

Who busies himself where no profit is found remains a fool the whole year round.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

A child and a fool imagine twenty shillings and twenty years can never be spent.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about children, americans

Never drop the friends you made on the way up. You may need them on the way down.

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

Poverty with security is better than plenty in the midst of fear and uncertainty.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about security, poverty, fear, americans

Knowledge is proud that he knows so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about proudness, knowledge, wisdom, americans

A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal.

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

Wise men learn from other men's mistakes; fools insist on learning from their own.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about man, americans

In business partnerships and marriage partnerships, oh, the cheating that goes on.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about cheating, marriage, affair, americans

Perhaps no one has a finer command of a language than he who keeps his mouth shut.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about language, americans