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... gold . A head with a good tongue in it is worth double the price . A hog in armour is still but a hog . A hog upon trust , grunts till he's paid for . A hook's well lost to catch a salmon . A horse is neither better nor worse for his ...
... gold . A head with a good tongue in it is worth double the price . A hog in armour is still but a hog . A hog upon trust , grunts till he's paid for . A hook's well lost to catch a salmon . A horse is neither better nor worse for his ...
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... gold too dear . A man may lead his horse to water , but cannot make him drink . A man may be young in years , and yet old in hours . A man may provoke his own dog to bite him . A man may say too much even upon the best of subjects . A ...
... gold too dear . A man may lead his horse to water , but cannot make him drink . A man may be young in years , and yet old in hours . A man may provoke his own dog to bite him . A man may say too much even upon the best of subjects . A ...
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... gold that glitters . All is not gospel that comes out of the mouth . All is not lost that is in peril . All liquors are not for every one's liking . All mankind is beholden to him that is kind to the good . All men can't be masters ...
... gold that glitters . All is not gospel that comes out of the mouth . All is not lost that is in peril . All liquors are not for every one's liking . All mankind is beholden to him that is kind to the good . All men can't be masters ...
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... bad day . But help me to money , and I'll help myself to friends . Butter is gold in the morning , silver at noon , and lead at night . Buy and sell , and live by the loss . Buy at a market and sell at home . By 14 PROVERBS .
... bad day . But help me to money , and I'll help myself to friends . Butter is gold in the morning , silver at noon , and lead at night . Buy and sell , and live by the loss . Buy at a market and sell at home . By 14 PROVERBS .
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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.