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American proverb

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It takes all kinds of people to make up a world.

Proverbs

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Honesty is the best policy.

No guts, no glory.

(first publ. N.Y. Times, 30 Aug. 1945)


All hat and no cattle.

No pain, no gain.

Two's company, but three's a crowd.

Easy come, easy go.

We'll cross that bridge when we get to it.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

(first appeared in 1921, in an article by Fred R. Barnard in the advertising trade journal Printers' Ink)


If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Pride is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of.

It takes one to know one.

(first publ. Wash. Post, 7 Oct. 1951)


Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.

(first publ. Dave Grusin and M. Ames)


The best things in life are free.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Let bygones be bygones.

Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

It takes two to tango.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Seeing is believing.

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.

Actions speak louder than words.

Don’t burn your bridges behind you.

(first publ. N.Y. Times, 6 Apr. 1913)


There’s no ‘‘I’’ in team.

(first publ. L.A. Times, 14 Aug. 1960)



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