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"A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience."
Experience
"It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him."
Friends
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Honesty
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Knowledge
"I think it a very happy accident."
Happiness
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Joy
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Mistakes
"I shall be as secret as the grave."
Miscellaneous
"Every man is as Heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse."
Change
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Excellence
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Men
"It is good to live and learn."
Evil
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Learning
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Life
"It is the part of a wise man to keep himself to-day for to-morrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket."
Art
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Knowledge
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Men
"A good name is better than riches."
Evil
"Ill-luck, you know, seldom comes alone."
Knowledge
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Wisdom
"I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine; every man for himself, and God for us all."
Men
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Reading
"It is past all controversy that what costs dearest is, and ought to be, most valued."
History
"I must follow him through thick and thin."
Miscellaneous
"As they use to say, spick and span new."
Miscellaneous
"A closed mouth catches no flies."
Lies
"A little in one's own pocket is better than much in another man's purse."
Men
"A word to the wise is enough."
Knowledge
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Wisdom
"An honest man's word is as good as his bond."
Evil
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Honesty
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Men
"God bears with the wicked, but not forever."
Miscellaneous
"I find my familiarity with thee has bred contempt."
Miscellaneous
"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
Miscellaneous
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