Proverbs and old sayings, page 289

43575 proverbs and old sayings

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

Proverbs and old sayings South American about flattering, americans, man, contentment

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

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

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

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

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.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, man

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

Proverbs and old sayings South American about thinking, americans

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

Proverbs and old sayings South American about man, americans

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.

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

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You can't hold another fellow down in the ditch unless you stay down there with him.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, contentment

A rather sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more clever than other people.

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If a man is right, he cannot be too radical; if wrong, he cannot be too conservative.

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There's no such thing as a horse that can't be rode or a cowboy that can't be throwed.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about things, americans

Faith is that quality which enables us to believe what we know to be at least far out.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about faith, quality, americans

In great action, men show themselves as they ought to be, in small action as they are.

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

Sweep the dirt from in front of your own door, and don't worry about your neighbour's.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about worry, americans

Ability will enable a man to get to the top, but character will keep him from falling.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about ability, character, americans, man

A physician is also a man who pours special drugs into lots of bodies he rarely loves.

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

It takes half your life to learn who your friends are and the other half to keep them.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about life, americans