More American Proverbs

What a story these old walls could tell.... >>

Talk is cheap but it takes money to buy whiskey.... >>

The cemeteries are filled with people who thought the world couldn't g... >>

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

When the glow-worm lights her lamp, the air is always very damp.... >>

Other Proverbs

Fine dressing is a foul house, swept before the windows.... (French) >>

The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities.... (Chinese) >>

Everything goes by favour and cousinship.... (French) >>

Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.... (French) >>

When the friar's beaten, then comes James.... (French) >>

Great trees keep little ones down.

- American Proverb