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“4304. Take an Hair of the same Dog that bit you.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Dogs

“4059. Rome was not built in a Day.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“2462. Thou canst scarcely be truly wise till thou hast been deceived. Thy own Errors will teach thee more Prudence, than the grave Precepts, and even Examples of others.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

Error

“1936. He is not laughed at, that laughs at himself first.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“3859. Patience provok'd turns to Fury.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Patience

“1125. Command your Wealth, else that will command you.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1734) : He does not possess Wealth, it possesses him.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Wealth

“4238. Spare the Rod, and spoil the Child.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“5037. Three are too many to keep a Secret, and too few to be merry.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Secret

“4948. They agree like Bells; they want nothing but hanging.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“6495. An Ounce of Wit that's bought,
Is worth a Pound that's taught.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1745) : An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“5878. You cannot make Velvet out of a Sow's Ear.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“1131. Company in Misery makes it light.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Light

“1599. Fortune favours Fools.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Fools

“3678. Nothing venture, nothing have.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“5003. Tho' all Men were made of one Metal, yet they were not cast all in the same Mould.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Men

“4522. The Fly, that playeth too long in the Candle, singeth her Wings at last.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Flying

“4797. The Tongue is not Steel, yet it cuts sorely.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“3908. Poverty is not a Shame; but the being asham'd of it, is.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1749) : Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“3968. Proud Men can't bear with Pride in others.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Men

“2555. When thou shewest Respect to any one, see that thy Submissions be proportionable to the Homage thou owest him. There is Stupidity and Pride in doing too little; but in over acting of it, there is Abjection and Hypocrisy.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

Stupidity