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Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
To disregard money, on suitable occasions, is often a great
profit.
To disregard money, on suitable occasions, is often a great
profit.
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.
Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.
The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.