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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.
Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.
Take heed of foul dirty wayes, and long sicknesse.
Take heed of foul dirty wayes, and long sicknesse.
One heat another heat expels.
One heat another heat expels.
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.
