FridayJan 09, 2026
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'Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain; and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes.
For if he like a madman lived, At least he like a wise one died.
Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.
Blest be...sleep - a cloak to cover all human imaginings, food to satisfy hunger, water to quench thirst, fire to warm cold air, cold to temper heat, and, lastly, a coin to buy whatever we need.
Every one is the son of his own works.
Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.
Unseasonable mirth always turns to sorrow.
All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, But does not captivate the affections.
Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.
Other men's pains are easily borne.
The pen is the tongue of the mind.
Experience is the universal mother of sciences.
He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; But he that loses his courage loses all.
Honesty is the best policy.
Among the attributes of God, although they are all equal, mercy shines with even more brilliancy than justice.
Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds.
He who sings frightens away his ills.
There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.
Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as oil does above water.
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
By the streets of by and by, one arrives at the house of never.
The road is always better than the Inn.
Absence that common cure of love.
Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.
I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.
There are but few proverbial sayings that are not true, for they are all drawn from experience itself, which is the mother of all sciences.
Every production must resemble its author.
By the street of By-and-By, one arrives at the house of Never.
Those who will play with cats must expect to be scratched.
Delay always breeds danger and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.
All persons are not discreet enough to know how to take things by the right handle
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
Fair and softly goes far.
Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
Tell me what company you keep and I'll tell you what you are.
Tell me what company thou keepst, and I'll tell thee what thou art.
Good painters imitate nature, bad ones spew it up.
Honesty's the best policy.
Hunger is the best sauce in the world.
One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.
Jests that give pains are no jests.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. By a small sample we may judge of the whole piece.
Labour for their pains.
Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable.
Liberty is one of the choicest gifts that heaven hath bestowed upon man, and exceeds in volume all the treasures which the earth contains within its bosom or the sea covers. Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life for without it, life is insupportable.
Love not what you are, but what you may become.
As ill luck would have it.
He is mad past recovery, but yet he has lucid intervals
All music jars when the soul's out of tune.
Take care, your worship, those things over there are not giants but windmills.
Where one door shuts another opens.
Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.
By the street of by and by, one arrives at the house of never.
I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.
He gives twice who quickly gives. Bis dat qui cito dat
Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.
The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the son of his own works.
Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be!
Everyone is the son of his own works.
'He preaches well that lives well,' quoth Sancho, 'thats all the divinity I can understand.'
In every case, the remedy is to take action. Get clear about exactly what it is that you need to learn and exactly what you need to do to learn it. BEING CLEAR KILLS FEAR. Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.
Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world. Yet from this lesson thou will learn to avoid the frog's foolish ambition of swelling to rival the bigness of the ox.
I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.
Now blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep: it covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; 'tis meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold, and cold for the hot. 'Tis the current coin that purchases all the pleasures of the world cheap; and the balance that sets the king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise-man even. There is only one thing, that I dislike in sleep; 'tis that it resembles death; there's very little difference between a man in his first sleep, and a man in his last sleep.
To withdraw is not to run away.
Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.
He that will not when he may, When he would, he should have nay.
'Tis the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not venture all his eggs in one basket.
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