More American Proverbs

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we shall die.... >>

Opportunities, like eggs, come one at a time.... >>

Ignorance is bliss.... >>

If you desire many things, many things will be seem but a few.... >>

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

Other Proverbs

Elbow-grease is a great preventative of disease.... (French) >>

The sheep that is too tame is sucked by too many lambs.... (French) >>

The richest man carries nothing away with him but a shroud.... (French) >>

Where there is no sore there needs no plaister.... (French) >>

The meaning is best known to the speaker.... (French) >>

Folks like the truth that hits their neighbour.

- American Proverb