American proverbs

A little bit of powder and a little bit of paint make a woman look like what she ain't.

Take care of your pennies and your dollars will take care of your widow's next husband.

There are three things that can destroy a preacher, the glory, the gold, and the girls.

When you buy friends with anything other than friendship, they do not stay bought long.

Candour once went further boldly and in smiles, but it crept home in tatters and tears.

If someone betrays you once, it is his fault. If he betrays you twice, it is your fault.

An adult is only one who has ceased to grow vertically and started to grow horizontally.

Naught's a naught and figger's a figger - all for the white man and none for the nigger.

Criticism is something you can avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck.

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