Proverbs and old sayings South American about Contentment, page 11

230 proverbs and old sayings south american about contentment

Adversity is the stuff that shows whether you are what you thought you were.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about contentment

If you take care of your character, your reputation will take care of itself.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about contentment

You can't tell the depth of the well by the length of the handle on the pump.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about contentment

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Do as you would be done by.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about contentment

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

Proverbs and old sayings South American about contentment

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 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 contentment

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

Proverbs and old sayings South American about contentment

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 contentment

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

Proverbs and old sayings South American about contentment

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 contentment

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

Proverbs and old sayings South American about contentment

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

Proverbs and old sayings South American about contentment

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 contentment

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

Proverbs and old sayings South American about contentment

The only difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way you use them.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about contentment

If you eat a live toad first thing in the morning, nothing worse will happen all day long.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about contentment

If you don't believe in cooperation, watch what happens to a wagon when one wheel comes off.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about contentment

Plough your furrows deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about contentment

A slip of the foot and you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about contentment