Proverbs and old sayings, page 288

43574 proverbs and old sayings

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.

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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The man who flatters you is a liar: the greater the flattery, the bigger the liar.

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Everything worthwhile has a fence around it, but there is always a gate and a key.

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It takes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on the job.

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There are many who prefer to despise and belittle that which is beyond their reach.

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What a man can be is born with him; what he becomes is a result of his environment.

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The best part of a book is not the thought it contains but the thought it suggests.

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When a dog bites a man, that is not news; but when a man bites a dog, that is news.

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It is better to pay and have a little left than to have much and be always in debt.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

The outward forms the inward man reveal - we guess the pulp before we cut the peel.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, man

From middle age on, everything of interest is either illegal, immoral or fattening.

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