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There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
The weakest goes to the wall.
The weakest goes to the wall.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide read more
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide house.
Love is not found in the market.
Love is not found in the market.
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
