More American Proverbs
Take the bitter with the sweet....
>>
Don't cry over spilt milk....
>>
Feed sparingly and defy the physician....
>>
Bad news travels fast....
>>
Men seek less to be instructed than applauded....
>>
Other Proverbs
No feast like a miser's....
(French) >>
A tiger never returns to his prey he did not finish off....
(Chinese) >>
Avarice increases with wealth....
(French) >>
A drowning man will catch at a straw....
(French) >>
At borrowing cousin german, at repaying son of a whore....
(French) >>
When the glow-worm lights her lamp, the air is always very damp.
- American Proverb
