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Blindness |
| A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.
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Experience |
| A burnt child dreads the fire.
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Rest |
| A change is as good as a rest.
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Proverbs |
| A fool and his money are soon parted.
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Prosperity |
| A full cup must be carried steadily.
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Beginning |
| A good beginning makes a good ending.
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Heroes and Heroism |
| A hero is a man who is afraid to run away.
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Happiness |
| A joy that's shared is a joy made double.
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Beauty |
| A poor beauty finds more lovers than husbands.
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Proverbs |
| A proverb is the child of experience.
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Principles |
| A puff of wind and popular praise weigh the same.
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Families |
| A small family is soon provided for.
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Adversity |
| A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
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Adversity |
| A stumble may prevent a fall.
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Laziness |
| A young man idle, an old man needy.
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Action |
| Actions speak louder than words.
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Advice |
| Advice is least heeded when most needed.
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Arts and Artists |
| An artist lives everywhere.
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Idleness |
| An idle brain is the devil's workshop.'
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Medicine |
| An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
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Action |
| As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
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Prayers |
| Ask God for what man can give, and you may get it.
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Appearance |
| Be not deceived with the first appearance of things, for show is not substance.
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Children |
| Better a snotty child than his nose wiped off.
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Silence |
| Better to say nothing, than to say something not to the purpose.
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Books and Reading |
| Buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest.
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Cheating |
| Cheat me in the price, but not in the goods.
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Children |
| Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old.
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Beauty |
| Crooked logs make straight fires.
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Curses and Cursing |
| Cursing the weather is never good farming.
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Death and Dying |
| Death always comes too early or too late.
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Death and Dying |
| Death is a shadow that always follows the body.
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Discretion |
| Discretion in speech is more important than eloquence.
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Promises |
| Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie.
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Victory |
| Do not triumph before the victory.
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Food and Eating |
| Don't dig your grave with your knife and fork.
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Perseverance |
| Don't halt before you are lame.
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Gentlemen |
| Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him.
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Work |
| Elbow grease is the best polish.
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Problems |
| Every path has its puddle.
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Ability |
| Everyone must row with the oars they have.
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Wisdom |
| Everything has its time.
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Wisdom |
| First come, first served.
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Fools and Foolishness |
| Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
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Necessity |
| Foul water will quench fire.
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Friends and Friendship |
| Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight.
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Age and Aging |
| Gray hairs are death's blossoms.
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Wisdom |
| Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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Haste |
| Haste makes waste.
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Self-Confidence |
| He helps little that helps not himself.
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