American proverb |
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Quotations
• | It takes all kinds of people to make up a world. 2 |
Proverbs
• | Where there's a will, there's a way. 6 |
• | Honesty is the best policy. 5 |
• | No guts, no glory. (first publ. N.Y. Times, 30 Aug. 1945) 5 |
• | All hat and no cattle. 4 |
• | No pain, no gain. 4 |
• | Two's company, but three's a crowd. 4 |
• | Easy come, easy go. 4 |
• | We'll cross that bridge when we get to it. 4 |
• | 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) 4 |
• | If it ain't broke, don't fix it. 4 |
• | If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. 4 |
• | Pride is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of. 4 |
• | It takes one to know one. (first publ. Wash. Post, 7 Oct. 1951) 4 |
• | Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time. (first publ. Dave Grusin and M. Ames) 4 |
• | The best things in life are free. 3 |
• | A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 3 |
• | Do as I say, not as I do. 3 |
• | Let bygones be bygones. 3 |
• | Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. 3 |
• | It takes two to tango. 3 |
• | Nothing ventured, nothing gained. 3 |
• | Seeing is believing. 3 |
• | There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. 3 |
• | Actions speak louder than words. 3 |
• | Don’t burn your bridges behind you. (first publ. N.Y. Times, 6 Apr. 1913) 2 |
• | There’s no ‘‘I’’ in team. (first publ. L.A. Times, 14 Aug. 1960) 2 |