Proverbs and old sayings about Americans, page 77

1761 proverbs and old sayings about americans

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 americans

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 americans

It's better to be a big frog in a little pond than a little frog in a big pond.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

One tree can make a million matches, and one match can destroy a million trees.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

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

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Fate can be taken by the horns, like a goat, and pushed in the right direction.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Not he who has many ideas but he who has one conviction may become a great man.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

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

Who busies himself where no profit is found remains a fool the whole year round.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

A child and a fool imagine twenty shillings and twenty years can never be spent.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

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 americans

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

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

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

Proverbs and old sayings South American about 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 americans

Wise men learn from other men's mistakes; fools insist on learning from their own.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

In business partnerships and marriage partnerships, oh, the cheating that goes on.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about 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 americans

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

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

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 americans