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The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
Prevention is better than cure.
Prevention is better than cure.
You must strike in measure, when there are many to strike on one
Anvile.
You must strike in measure, when there are many to strike on one
Anvile.
Though little fire grows great with little wind,
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.
Though little fire grows great with little wind,
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.
In poison there is no physic.
In poison there is no physic.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
