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... fears not life nor death . A good life is the only religion . A good man has more hope in his death , than a wicked man in his life . A good neighbour , a good morrow . A good paymaster never wants workmen . A good presence is letters ...
... fears not life nor death . A good life is the only religion . A good man has more hope in his death , than a wicked man in his life . A good neighbour , a good morrow . A good paymaster never wants workmen . A good presence is letters ...
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... famine . All temptations are found either in hope or fear . All that is said in the parlour , should not be heard in the hall . All the fat is in the fire . All things are difficult , before they are easy . 8 PROVERBS .
... famine . All temptations are found either in hope or fear . All that is said in the parlour , should not be heard in the hall . All the fat is in the fire . All things are difficult , before they are easy . 8 PROVERBS .
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... feared than despised . Better an empty house than an ill tenant . Better be denied than deceived . Better buy than borrow . Better come at the latter end of a feast than the beginning of a fray . Better do it than wish it done . Better ...
... feared than despised . Better an empty house than an ill tenant . Better be denied than deceived . Better buy than borrow . Better come at the latter end of a feast than the beginning of a fray . Better do it than wish it done . Better ...
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... fear . Better known than trusted . Better late ripe and 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 ...
... fear . Better known than trusted . Better late ripe and 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 ...
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... Fear can keep a man out of danger , but courage only can support him in it . Fear is stronger than love . Feasting makes no friendship . February makes a bridge , and March breaks it . Feeling hath no fellow . Felicity lies much in ...
... Fear can keep a man out of danger , but courage only can support him in it . Fear is stronger than love . Feasting makes no friendship . February makes a bridge , and March breaks it . Feeling hath no fellow . Felicity lies much in ...
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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.