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“5881. You can't eat your Cake, and have it too.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1744) : The same man cannot be both Friend and Flatterer.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Variant: 2592. I can't be your Friend, and your Flatterer too.

“5430. We are more mindful of Injuries than Benefits.”

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

“6082. Enough’s as good as a Feast,
To one that’s not a Beast.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Variant: 1370. Enough's as good as a Feast.

“5515. What's sowed in Youth, will be reaped in Age.”

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

Youth , Age

“3515. Necessity dispenseth with Decorum.”

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

“284. A Man knows his Companion in a long Journey and a little Inn.”

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

“5091. 'Tis Money, that begets Money.”

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

Money

“5138. To believe a Business impossible, is the Way to make it so.”

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

Way , Business

“3006. It is often easier to make new, than to cobble up the old.”

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

“2666. If Afflictions refine some, they consume others.”

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

Affliction

“5210. To nourish a Viper in one's Bosom”

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

“3072. Thou may'st extract an Antidote out of a Viper, and Good out of an Enemy. An Enemy will tell thee more truly of thy Imperfections, than the best of Friends will adventure to do, or ourselves (being partial to ourselves)will be able to discern : And this may be apply'd as precious Balm, to heal the Wounds our Folly, or Oversight have given our Reputation, by guarding our Actions for the future. And this is far better, than to be flattered into Pride, and Carelessness.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

Future

“3061. Idleness makes the Wit rust.”

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

“3733. Once in Use, and ever after a Custom.”

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

“6319.
Little Stroaks
Fell great Oaks.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1750).
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“803. Antiquity cannot privilege an Error, nor Novelty prejudice a Truth.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

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

Truth , Error

“1964. If thou wilt have no Difference with thy Friends; sell them not Horses, nor Goods; and buy nothing of them.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

Horse

“4266. Strike, while the Iron is hot.”

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

“1345. Drunkenness turns a Man out of himself, and leaves a Beast in his room.”

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

“3444. Money, like Dung, does no Good till ’tis spread.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

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

Money