Proverbs and old sayings, page 289

43574 proverbs and old sayings

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.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about intelligence, self-control, people, americans

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

Proverbs and old sayings South American about bad, rightness, americans, man

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

A little bit of powder and a little bit of paint make a woman look like what she ain't.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about woman, americans

Take care of your pennies and your dollars will take care of your widow's next husband.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about husband, americans

There are three things that can destroy a preacher, the glory, the gold, and the girls.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about destruction, glory, things, americans

When you buy friends with anything other than friendship, they do not stay bought long.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about friendship, commerce, americans, contentment

Candour once went further boldly and in smiles, but it crept home in tatters and tears.

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

If someone betrays you once, it is his fault. If he betrays you twice, it is your fault.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, contentment

An adult is only one who has ceased to grow vertically and started to grow horizontally.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Naught's a naught and figger's a figger - all for the white man and none for the nigger.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, man

Criticism is something you can avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about criticism, nothing, being, americans, contentment

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans