More American Proverbs

Stopping at third base adds no more to the score than striking out.... >>

Man is greater than the tools he invents.... >>

Man cannot live by bread alone.... >>

Put up or shut up.... >>

Men apt to promise are apt to forget.... >>

Other Proverbs

He that would be healthy must wear his winter clothes in sum... (Spanish) >>

He that is thrown would still wrestle.... (French) >>

Age and wedlock bring a man to his nightcap.... (English) >>

What belongs to everybody belongs to nobody.... (Spanish) >>

From long journeys long lies.... (Spanish) >>

Every man has a fool up his sleeve.

- American Proverb