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| American Proverb
A clear conscience is a good pillow. A contented mind is a continual feast. A dog is a man's best friend.A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.A girl with cotton stockings never sees a mouse.A good son makes a good husband. A harvest of peace is produced from a seed of contentment. A joy that's shared is a joy made double. A lady is a woman who makes it easy for a man to be a gentleman. A malignant sore throat is a danger; a malignant throat not sore is worse.A man can die just once.A man is as big as the things that made him mad.A man never becomes an orator if he has something to say.A miss is as good as a mile.A poor man is always behind.A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense.All men are fools, but all fools are not men.Ambition is putting a ladder against the sky. An American will go to hell for a bag of coffee.Arrogance is a kingdom without a crown. Bad news travels fast.Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most.Boys will be boys.By the yard, life is hard. By the inch, it's a cinch.Christmas comes, but once a year is enough.Close, but no cigar.Crap or get off the pot.Don't close the barn door after the horse runs away.Don't cry over spilt milk.Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.Don't hide your light under a bushel.Don't judge a book by its cover.Don't put all your eggs in one basket.Don't throw out the baby with the bath water.Don't upset the apple cart.Easy come, easy go.Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we shall die.Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbled over and being kicked.Every man has a fool up his sleeve.Every man has one black patch, and some have two.Feed a cold, starve a fever.Fish or cut bait.Fish or cut bait.For age and want save while you may, no morning sun lasts a whole day.From little acorns mighty oaks do grow.Gold is where you find it.Good fences make good neighbors.Here today, gone tomorrow.Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is the end of it.I am just as good as you are, and a damned sight better.I'd rather be red than dead.I'd rather have them say "There he goes" than "Here he lies.".If you can't lick 'em, join 'em.If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.Ignorance is bliss.In God we trust; all others pay cash.In politics, a man must learn to rise above principle.It takes a thief to catch a thief.It takes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on the job.Leave well enough alone.Let the big dog eat.Loose lips sink ships.Love many, trust few and always paddle your own canoe.Make love, not war.Man can't live in this world alone.Man is greater than the tools he invents.Man is like a banana: when he leaves the bunch, he gets skinned.Man is the only animal who can be skinned twice.Many speak much who cannot speak well.Men apt to promise are apt to forget.Men are blind in their own cause.Men seek less to be instructed than applauded.Never be content with your lot. Try for a lot more.Never miss a good chance to shut up.Never say die.Never swap horses crossing a stream.Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.Of two evils, it is always best to vote for the less hypocritical.Old age is ripeness.Paddle your own canoe.Poets are born, not made.Practice what you preach.Praise makes a bad man worse.Put up or shut up.Put your money where your mouth is.Put your money where your mouth is.Republicans will do anything for the poor except get off their backs.Silence is golden, speech is silver.Silence is golden.Step on a crack break your mother's back.Take care of your pennies and your dollars will take care of your widow's next husband.Take the bitter with the sweet.Talk is cheap but it takes money to buy whiskey.Talk is cheap but it takes money to buy whiskey.The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.The bad workman blames his tools.The cemeteries are filled with people who thought the world couldn't get along without them.The chickens have come home to roost.The most dangerous food is a wedding cake.The mountains are never so far apart but the animals find one another.The reason some people are stingy is also the reason they are rich.Turnabout is fair play.When pleasure interferes with business, give up business.Wishes won't wash dishes.You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.You can't unscramble an egg.You don't put robbers to work in a bank. |
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