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- "Eaten bread is forgotten. "
- "Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest. "
- "Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo ..."
- "First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife. "
- "Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get em, get ..."
- "Great hopes make great men. "
- "Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins. "
- "He does not believe who does not live according to his belief. "
- "He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much. "
- "He is poor indeed that can promise nothing. "
- "He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows. "
- "He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for ..."
- "He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it. "
- "He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none. "
- "He that hopes no good fears no ill. "
- "If it were not for hopes, the heart would break. "
- "If the wicked flourish, and thou suffer, be not discouraged; they are fatted for destruction, ..."
- "If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully. "
- "If you have one true friend you have more than your share. "
- "In fair Weather prepare for foul. "
- "It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf. "
- "It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame. "
- "Judge of thine improvement, not by what thou speakest or writest, but by the firmness ..."
- "Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost. "
- "Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the ..."
- "Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while ..."
- "Light (God's eldest daughter) is a principal beauty in building. "
- "Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves. "
- "Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain ..."
- "Memory is like a purse, if it be over-full that it cannot shut, all will ..."
- "Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness. "
- "Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune. "
- "No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till ..."
- "Nothing is easy to the unwilling. "
- "Old foxes want no tutors. "
- "One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low. "
- "One that would have the fruit must climb the tree. "
- "Poor men's reasons are not heard. "
- "Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak. "
- "Pride will spit in pride's face. "
- "Purchase not friends by gifts; when thou ceasest to give, such will cease to love. "
- "Scalded cats fear even cold water. "
- "Slight small injuries, and they will become none at all. "
- "Suspect all extraneous and groundless civilities. "
- "The fool wanders, a wise man travels. "
- "The more wit the less courage. "
- "The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir. "
- "There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an ..."
- "They that buy an office must sell something. "
- "Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally ..."
- "Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge ..."
- "'Tis not every question that deserves an answer. "
- "Today is yesterday's pupil. "
- "Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. "
- "Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what ..."
- "Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks. "
- "We have all forgot more than we remember. "
- "We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity. "
- "Wine hath drowned more men than the sea. "
- "With devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself. "
- "Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. "
