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... worse for his trapping . A house ready made , but a 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 ...
... worse for his trapping . A house ready made , but a 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 ...
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... worse than none . Bald heads are soon shaven . Bare words buy no barley . Barefoot must not go among thorns . Be a friend to thyself , and others will be so too . Be as you would seem to be . Be merry and wise . Be not hasty to outbid ...
... worse than none . Bald heads are soon shaven . Bare words buy no barley . Barefoot must not go among thorns . Be a friend to thyself , and others will be so too . Be as you would seem to be . Be merry and wise . Be not hasty to outbid ...
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... worse . Gold and silver were mingled with dirt till avarice parted them . Gold is no balm to a wounded spirit . Golden dreams make men awake hungry . Good actions carry their warrant with them . Good bees never turn to drones . Good ...
... worse . Gold and silver were mingled with dirt till avarice parted them . Gold is no balm to a wounded spirit . Golden dreams make men awake hungry . Good actions carry their warrant with them . Good bees never turn to drones . Good ...
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... worse was never good . He that handles thorns shall smart for it . He that has a sword and goes home to fetch a better , never comes again . He that has but four and spends five , has no need of a purse . He that has but one coat cannot ...
... worse was never good . He that handles thorns shall smart for it . He that has a sword and goes home to fetch a better , never comes again . He that has but four and spends five , has no need of a purse . He that has but one coat cannot ...
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... worse than when I wished for supper . I will either win the horse or lose the saddle . I will keep no cats that will not catch mice . I will never stoop so low , to take up just nothing at all . I will not buy a pig in a poke . I will ...
... worse than when I wished for supper . I will either win the horse or lose the saddle . I will keep no cats that will not catch mice . I will never stoop so low , to take up just nothing at all . I will not buy a pig in a poke . I will ...
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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.