Colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints.

More American Proverbs

• In the boy see the man.
• A house divided against itself cannot stand.
• The only thing a heated argument ever produced is coolness.
• Deep calls unto deep.
• The road to ruin is kept in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense.
• Accident is the mother of invention.
• A life of leisure and a life of laziness are different things.
• The young may die; the old must die.
• A little doubt saves many a mistake.
• Don’t buy a cow to get a glass of milk.
• A flow of words is no proof of being easy enough.
• Don’t judge a book by its cover.
• The fates lead the willing man; an unwilling man they drag.
• The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree.
• Hunger finds no fault with moldy corn.
• A good friend is someone who will bail you out of jail, but your best friend is the one sitting next to you saying “that was fucking awesome”.
• Always a valley before a hill.
• A whistling girl and a crowing hen never came to a good end.
• Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
• A dog returns to where he has been fed.
• Absence cools moderate passions but inflames violent ones.
• A lady is a woman who makes it easy for a man to be a gentleman.
• If you don’t know what to do, don’t do anything.
• Dirt is dirtiest upon the fairest spot.
• Do a good deed every day.
• Do what you ought, come what may.
• Admitting error clears the score and proves you wiser than before.