Wise Old Sayings

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Wise Old Sayings Vol. 2


"EARLY to bed and EARLY to rise
Makes a person healthy, wealthy and wise."

"Beauty without virtue is a flower without perfume."

"Creditors have better memories than debtors."

"The used key is always bright."

"Be true to yourself."

"God helps them that help themselves."

"Sleeping fox catches no poultry."

"It is truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell in order to equal the ox."

"Barefooted men should not tread upon thorns."

"If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."

"He that lives only on hope will die fasting."

"When the well's dry, they know the worth of water."

"It is much easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it."

"They that won't be counselled, can't be helped."

"It is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel."


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