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... fish are not caught with flies . All flowers are not in one garland . All human power is but comparative . All ill workmen quarrel with their tools . All is fish that comes to net . All is soon ready in an orderly house . All is not ...
... fish are not caught with flies . All flowers are not in one garland . All human power is but comparative . All ill workmen quarrel with their tools . All is fish that comes to net . All is soon ready in an orderly house . All is not ...
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... Fish and guests smell at three days old . Fishes follow the bait . Flattery displays a braver flag than humility . Flatterers haunt not cottages . Follow the river and you will get to sea . Folly , as well as wisdom , is justified by ...
... Fish and guests smell at three days old . Fishes follow the bait . Flattery displays a braver flag than humility . Flatterers haunt not cottages . Follow the river and you will get to sea . Folly , as well as wisdom , is justified by ...
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... fishing . He who is wanting but to one friend , loseth a great many by it . He who owes an hundred and has an hundred and one , fears nobody . He who plants a walnut tree , expects not to eat of the fruit . He who sleepeth all the ...
... fishing . He who is wanting but to one friend , loseth a great many by it . He who owes an hundred and has an hundred and one , fears nobody . He who plants a walnut tree , expects not to eat of the fruit . He who sleepeth all the ...
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... fish to fry . I know enough to hold my tongue , but not to speak . I know of nobody that has a mind to die this year . I live , and lords do no more . I love you well , but touch not my pocket . I myself had been happy , if I had been ...
... fish to fry . I know enough to hold my tongue , but not to speak . I know of nobody that has a mind to die this year . I live , and lords do no more . I love you well , but touch not my pocket . I myself had been happy , if I had been ...
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... fishing . In the greatest ill the good man hath hope left . In the short life of man , no time can be afforded to be lost . In things that must be , it is good to be resolute . Incredulity should make men advised , not irresolute ...
... fishing . In the greatest ill the good man hath hope left . In the short life of man , no time can be afforded to be lost . In things that must be , it is good to be resolute . Incredulity should make men advised , not irresolute ...
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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.