Famous Proverbs
1911 Proverbs about America / Page 78
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Let him who gives nothing be silent, and him who receives speak.772.
The generous can forget that they have given, but the grateful can never forget that they have received.773.
True generosity is the ability to accept ingratitude.774.
You cannot squeeze blood out of a stone.775.
To have a friend, close one eye; to keep him, close both.776.
False friends are worse than open enemies.777.
A reconciled friend is a double enemy.778.
It takes half your life to learn who your friends are and the other half to keep them.779.
A friend won with a feather can be lost with a straw.780.
A friend at hand is better than a relative at a distance.