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... masters . All men naturally have some love and liking for truth . All rivers do what they can for the sea . All sorts of sweets are not wholesome . All's good in a famine . All temptations are found either in hope or fear . All that is ...
... masters . All men naturally have some love and liking for truth . All rivers do what they can for the sea . All sorts of sweets are not wholesome . All's good in a famine . All temptations are found either in hope or fear . All that is ...
Page 12
... master be 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 ...
... master be 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 ...
Page 23
... masters . First come , first served . 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 ...
... masters . First come , first served . 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 ...
Page 35
... master of himself will soon be master of others He that repents here , shall rejoice hereafter . He that is not sensible of his loss has lost nothing . He that is presently denyed is least deceived . He that is too proud to ask is too ...
... master of himself will soon be master of others He that repents here , shall rejoice hereafter . He that is not sensible of his loss has lost nothing . He that is presently denyed is least deceived . He that is too proud to ask is too ...
Page 41
... master . If nobody take notice of our faults , we easily forget them ourselves . If pains be a pleasure to you , profit will follow . If the ball does not stick to the wall , yet ' twill leave some mark . If the channel's too small ...
... master . If nobody take notice of our faults , we easily forget them ourselves . If pains be a pleasure to you , profit will follow . If the ball does not stick to the wall , yet ' twill leave some mark . If the channel's too small ...
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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.