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“4795. The Tongue breaketh the Bone, tho' it hath none it self.”

Thomas Fuller (writer)

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1740) : Man's tongue is soft, and bone doth lack; Yet a stroke therewith may break a man's back.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“350. A Pin a Day is a Groat a Year.”

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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1737) : A pin a day is a Groat a Year.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

“2144. He that has no Fools, Knaves nor Beggars in his Family, was begot by a Flash of Lightning.”

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

Family , Fools

“146. A good Example is the best Sermon.”

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

“4749. The Sluggard makes his Night till Noon.”

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

Night

“1590. For Fashion's sake, as Dogs go to Church.”

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

Dogs , Fashion

“4436. The burnt Child dreads the Fire.”

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

“4678. The Mountains have brought forth a Mouse.”

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

Mountain

“4087. Seeing's believing, but feeling's the truth.”

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

Truth , Feeling

“3454. More Flies are taken with a Drop of Honey than a Tun of Vinegar.”

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

“5118. 'Tis the early Bird, that catches the Worm.”

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

Bird

“6335. Graft good Fruit all,
Or graft not at all.”

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

“All of us forget more than we remember, and therefore it hath been my constant Custom to note down and record whatever I thought of myself, or receiv'd from Men, or Books worth preserving. Among other things, I wrote out Apothegms, Maxims, Proverbs, acute Expressions, vulgar Sayings, &c. And having at length collected more than ever any Englishman has before me, I have ventur'd to send them forth, to try their Fortune among the People.”

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Excerpt from Gnomologia, To the Reader (Prefatory Remarks).
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Men , People , Books , Forgetting

“5120. 'Tis the last Feather, that breaks the Horse’s Back.”

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

Horse

“685. As good eat the Devil as the Broth he's boil'd in.”

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

“1006. Boldness in Business is the first, second, and third thing.”

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

Business

“2168. 'Tis better for thee to be wise and not seem so, than to seem wise and not be so: Yet Men, for the most Part, desire and endeavor the contrary.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

Men , Parting

“3036. As he that doth not eat when he should, may have no Stomach when he is weak, but presently vomits up his Food again; so if thou studiest not the Art of Patience, and preparest not thy mind before-hand, and takest not in Grounds of Consolation, till thou art in Troubles, and hast need of great Comfort, thou wilt find thy Soul very impatient of Remedies, and 'twill be irksome to thee but even to read such Things as should quiet thee.”

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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

Food , Art , Soul , Reading

“5813. Words are but Wind; but seeing is believing.”

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

“3362. Many Things fall out between the Cup and the Lip.”

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