“4633. The longest Day must have an End.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
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“5881. You can't eat your Cake, and have it too.”
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.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“6082. Enough’s as good as a Feast,
To one that’s not a Beast.”
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.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“3515. Necessity dispenseth with Decorum.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“284. A Man knows his Companion in a long Journey and a little Inn.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5091. 'Tis Money, that begets Money.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5138. To believe a Business impossible, is the Way to make it so.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“3006. It is often easier to make new, than to cobble up the old.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“2666. If Afflictions refine some, they consume others.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5210. To nourish a Viper in one's Bosom”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)
“3733. Once in Use, and ever after a Custom.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“6319.
Little Stroaks
Fell great Oaks.”
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.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)
“1345. Drunkenness turns a Man out of himself, and leaves a Beast in his room.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“3444. Money, like Dung, does no Good till ’tis spread.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“2863. It is a long Lane that never turns.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“4243. Speak the Truth, and shame the Devil.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“3400. Men never think their Fortune too great, nor their Wit too little.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5192. To kill two Birds with one Stone.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“2707. If the Mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the Mountain.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)
“4322. Teach your Grannum to suck Eggs.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5738. Wickedness is its own Punishment, and many Times its own Cure.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Variant: 5354. Vice is its own Punishment, and sometimes its own Cure.
“743. As Virtue is its own Reward, so Vice is its own Punishment.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“2350. He that will not be counselled, cannot be helped.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1747) : He that won't be counsell'd, can't be help'd.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“639. An Oak is not fell'd at one Chop.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“3168. Leave no Dirt, you’ll find no Dirt.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5049. Time and Tide tarry for no Man.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“4848. The worse the Passage, the more welcome the Port.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“1577. Fools make Feasts, and wise Men eat them.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1745) : Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5305. Truth loves to go naked.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5188. To hold with the Hare, and run with the Hounds.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5967. You must not hope to reap Wheat, where you sow'd none.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“4735. The Rich never want for Kindred.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“804. Antiquity is not always a Mark of Verity.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“1657. Give him but Rope enough, and he'll hang himself.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5454. We seldom find out that we are flattered.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“6303. He that speaks the Thing he should not,
Shall hear the Thing he would not.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“2216. He that lies down with the Dogs, must rise with the fleas.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1733) : He that lies down with Dogs, shall rise up with fleas.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5542. When a Thing is done, Advice comes too late.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“283. A Man in Passion rides a Horse that runs away with him.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1749) : A Man in a Passion rides a mad Horse.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“6360. Without Pains,
No Gains.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
