Vermont Proverbs
Vermont Proverbs & sayings To the European, a Yankee is an American. Might as well be hanged for an old sheep as for a lamb. Money is flat and meant to be piled. Talk less and say more. To a Vermonter, a Yankee is someone who eats apple pie for breakfast. And to a Vermonter who eats apple pie for breakfast. The world is your cow. But you have to do the milking. The hardest work is to do nothing. It's a good thing for a liar to have a good memory. A slip of the tongue, no fault of the mind. To an American, a Yankee is a New Englander. You can't keep trouble from coming, but you don't have to give it a chair to sit on. An ounce of experience is worth a pound of theory. It won't be warm till the snow gets off the mountain, and the snow won't get off the mountain till it gets warm. Hain't scarcely nuthin' in the world so powerful as perversity if ye knows how to harness it. Take off your flannels before the first of May, and y...