Proverbs and old sayings about Americans, page 80

1761 proverbs and old sayings about americans

Cheerfulness, helpfulness and honesty are fine, good companions to take with you through life.

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A cat has nine lives; for three he plays, for three he strays, and for the last three he stays.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Get what you can, and what you get, hold; it's the stone that will turn all your lead into gold.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Cast the beam out of your own eye before you try to cast the mote from the eyes of your neighbour.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

The dog has returned to his vomit again, and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

True friends are like diamonds, precious and rare; false ones like autumn leaves, found everywhere.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

The intelligence of the average individual reaches its lowest ebb when he enters a railroad station.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Women are like books: too much gilding makes men suspicious that the binding is the most important part.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

The generous can forget that they have given, but the grateful can never forget that they have received.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Real happiness is found not in doing the things you like to do, but in liking the things you have to do.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Getting what you go after is called success, but liking it while you are getting it is called happiness.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

If men could see the epitaphs their friends write they would believe they had gotten into the wrong grave.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

One half the troubles in this world can be traced to saying 'yes' too quick or saying 'no' not soon enough.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Folks spend their health to acquire wealth and later spend their wealth in an effort to regain their health.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

You can't keep the birds from flying over your head, but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

The Pilgrim Fathers landed on the shores of America and fell on their knees; then they fell upon the aborigines.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

It is better to keep a wolf out of the fold than to trust drawing his teeth and talons after he shall have entered.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Kissing a girl for the first time is like getting the first olive from a jar: after the first one, they come rolling out.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

A wise man learns by the experiences of others; an ordinary man learns by his own experience; a fool learns by nobody's experiences.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

There are three kinds of people; those that make things happen, those that watch things happen and those who don't know what's happening.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans