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... the true lover of God . A civil denial is better than a rude grant . A clear conscience can bear any trouble . A colt you may break , but an old horse you never can . A constant guest is never welcome . A covetous man.
... the true lover of God . A civil denial is better than a rude grant . A clear conscience can bear any trouble . A colt you may break , but an old horse you never can . A constant guest is never welcome . A covetous man.
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... bear , than early blossom and blast . Better late than never . Better live within compass than have large comings in . Better one's house be too little one day than too big all the year after . Better say nothing than nothing to the ...
... bear , than early blossom and blast . Better late than never . Better live within compass than have large comings in . Better one's house be too little one day than too big all the year after . Better say nothing than nothing to the ...
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... bears misery best that hides it most . He bears poverty very ill who is ashamed of it . He begs a blessing of a wooden god . He benefits himself that doth good to others . He bought the fox - skin for threepence , and sold the tail for ...
... bears misery best that hides it most . He bears poverty very ill who is ashamed of it . He begs a blessing of a wooden god . He benefits himself that doth good to others . He bought the fox - skin for threepence , and sold the tail for ...
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... bear . He has been out a hawking for butterflies . He has brought up a bird to pick out his own eyes . He has but a short Lent that must pay money at Easter . He has but bad food that feeds upon the faults of others . He has drank more ...
... bear . He has been out a hawking for butterflies . He has brought up a bird to pick out his own eyes . He has but a short Lent that must pay money at Easter . He has but bad food that feeds upon the faults of others . He has drank more ...
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... bear a reproof and mend by it . He is wise that hath wit enough for his own affairs . He knows not a hawk from a hand - saw . He knows which side of his bread is buttered . He leaps into a deep river to avoid a shallow brook . He lights ...
... bear a reproof and mend by it . He is wise that hath wit enough for his own affairs . He knows not a hawk from a hand - saw . He knows which side of his bread is buttered . He leaps into a deep river to avoid a shallow brook . He lights ...
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bear betimes better bird blows break brings broth butter Candlemas-day catch coal of fire cold comes conscience corn counsel danger death deceived doth drink enemy envy evil eyes fair fall faults fears feast feather fire fish folly fool fool's fortune give goes goeth gold goose greatest groat hand happy hare hath heart hold honest horse idle injury ISAAC D'ISRAELI keep knave live longest day loseth maketh man's mastiffs merry mouth never one's oxen passion patience penny philosopher's stone Plain dealing pleasure poor porridge praise Pride PROVERBS purse repentance rich sauce seldom sell shame shilling shoe soon sorrow speak thee things thou tongue trust Truth Twill vice vinegar virtue wealth wife wind wine wisdom wise words worse worth
Popular passages
Page 106 - A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay. A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon. A swarm of bees in July is not worth a fly.
Page 24 - For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.
Page 57 - No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.
Page 41 - I with a new one : it is so well worth taking a journey for, that if the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain.
Page 45 - Else there is nothing that can comfort you: but if you have served God in a holy life, send away the women and the weepers; tell them it is as much intemperance to weep .too much as to laugh too much...
Page 121 - Tell me with whom thou goest, and I'll tell thee what thou doest.
Page 122 - If the twenty-fourth of August be fair and clear, Then hope for a prosperous autumn that year.
Page 17 - CUSTOM is the plague of wise men, and the idol of fools.
Page 119 - When I did well, I heard it never; When I did ill, I heard it ever.
Page 3 - A good cause and a good tongue, yet money must carry it. A good cause makes a stout heart and a strong arm.