More American Proverbs
Love many, trust few and always paddle your own canoe....
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Stopping at third base adds no more to the score than striking out....
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No call alligator long mouth till you pass him...
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Never be content with your lot. Try for a lot more....
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Man is like a banana: when he leaves the bunch, he gets skinned....
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Other Proverbs
The merchant that loses cannot laugh....
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Better a mouse in the pot than no meat at all...
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A man who has but one eye must take good care of it....
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All cats are alike grey at night....
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He carries fire and water....
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You can bear with your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?
- American Proverb