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... wife without a fortune , is a fine house without furniture . A father is a treasure , a brother a comfort , but a friend is both . A fault , once denied , is twice committed . A favour ill - placed is profusion . A feast is not made of ...
... wife without a fortune , is a fine house without furniture . A father is a treasure , a brother a comfort , but a friend is both . A fault , once denied , is twice committed . A favour ill - placed is profusion . A feast is not made of ...
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... wife to make . A hypocrite never thoroughly repents . A joke never gains over an enemy , but often loseth a friend . A journey were better too long than dangerous . A joyful evening may follow a sorrowful morning . A lamb is as dear to ...
... wife to make . A hypocrite never thoroughly repents . A joke never gains over an enemy , but often loseth a friend . A journey were better too long than dangerous . A joyful evening may follow a sorrowful morning . A lamb is as dear to ...
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... of courage never wants weapons . A man of cruelty is God's enemy . A man's best fortune , or his worst , is a wife . A man's folly ought to be his greatest secret . A man that breaks his word , bids others be PROVERBS . 5.
... of courage never wants weapons . A man of cruelty is God's enemy . A man's best fortune , or his worst , is a wife . A man's folly ought to be his greatest secret . A man that breaks his word , bids others be PROVERBS . 5.
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... wife is not to be chosen by the eye only . A willing mind makes a light foot . A windy March and a rainy April make a beautiful May . A wise head hath a close mouth to it . A wise man begins in the end ; a fool ends in the beginning . A ...
... wife is not to be chosen by the eye only . A willing mind makes a light foot . A windy March and a rainy April make a beautiful May . A wise head hath a close mouth to it . A wise man begins in the end ; a fool ends in the beginning . A ...
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... back upon the spring . As the market goes , wives must sell . As the old cock crows , so crows the young . As the touchstone trieth gold , so gold trieth men . As the wind blows , seek your shelter . As 10 PROVERBS .
... back upon the spring . As the market goes , wives must sell . As the old cock crows , so crows the young . As the touchstone trieth gold , so gold trieth men . As the wind blows , seek your shelter . As 10 PROVERBS .
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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.