“2541. Hope is a good Breakfast, but a bad Supper.”
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“4769. The Sting of a Reproach is the Truth of it.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1746) : The Sting of a Reproach, is the Truth of it.
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“1415. Every Dog has its Day; and every Man his Hour.”
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“3835. Out of the Frying-pan into the Fire.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“959. Bees that have Honey in their Mouths, have Stings in their Tails.”
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“2801. If you would know the value of a Ducat, try to borrow one.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1754) : If you'd know the Value of Money, go and borrow some.
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“6075. When you are Anvil, hold you still;
When you are Hammer, strike your Fill.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1758) : When you're an Anvil, hold you still, When you're a Hammer, strike your Fill.
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“5442. We have all forgot more, than we remember.”
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“3299. Love thy Neighbor; but cut not up thy Hedge for him.”
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“4084. Search not a Wound too deep, lest thou make a new one.”
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“5241. To take from the right Hand, and give to the Left.”
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“4776. The Sun is never the worse for shining on a Dunghill.”
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“5184. To him, that you tell your Secret, you resign your Liberty.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1737) : To whom thy secret thou dost tell, to him thy freedom thou dost sell.
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“5426. We are apt to believe what we wish for.”
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“5779. Wise Men learn by other Men's Harms; Fools, by their own.”
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“3779. One may say too much, even upon the best Subject.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1745) : You may talk too much on the best of subjects.
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Variant: 300. A Man may say too much even upon the best of Subjects.
“2245. He that payeth beforehand, shall have his Work ill done.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“6124. What cannot be cured,
Must be endured.”
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