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A bitter drug oft brings relief. - [Proverbs] A broken fortune is like a falling column; the lower it sinks, the greater weight it has to sustain. - [Fortune] A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light. - [Proverbs] A credulous thing is love. - [Proverbs] A gift in time of need is most acceptable. - [Proverbs] A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it. - [Proverbs] A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man sickens. - [Proverbs] A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets journeys on in safety. - [Proverbs] Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey. - [Proverbs] Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one, the fish will be found. - [Proverbs] An injury may prove a blessing. - [Proverbs] Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit us when our wealth is gone. - [Proverbs] As the mind of each man is conscious of good or evil, so does he conceive within his breast hope or fear, according to his actions. - [Conscience] As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested in adversity. - [Proverbs] Bear and forbear. - also attributed to Epictetus [Forgiveness : Proverbs] Beauty is a frail good. - [Beauty] Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts are not worth the expence. - [Proverbs] By looking at squinting people you learn to squint. - [Proverbs] Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish. - [Chance] Chastity, once lost, cannot be recalled; it goes only once. - [Chastity] Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the disease by delay has increased in strength. - [Proverbs] Concealed sorrow bursts the heart, and rages within us as an internal fire. - [Proverbs] Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better able to bear your own. - [Proverbs] Despotic conscience rules our hopes and fears. - [Conscience] Devouring Time and envious Age, all things yield to you; and with lingering death you destroy, step by step, with venomed tooth whatever you attack. - [Decay] Displaying page 1 of 15 for this author: Next >> [1] 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
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