More American Proverbs

To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light.... >>

Hunger find no fault with mouldy corn.... >>

He that lives on hope will die fasting... >>

A man never becomes an orator if he has something to say.... >>

Ignorance is bliss.... >>

Other Proverbs

When the sun is highest it casts the least shadow.... (Italian) >>

He who would rule must hear and be deaf, see and be blind... (Persian) >>

One half the world knows not how the other half lives.... (French) >>

Keep a stiff upper lip.... (French) >>

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere... (German) >>

Close, but no cigar.

- American Proverb