Proverbs and old sayings South American, page 75

1570 proverbs and old sayings south american

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

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

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

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

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

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.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, man

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

Proverbs and old sayings South American about interest, age, olderness, americans

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

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