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How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little read more
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only read more
Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.
Too much of anything is bad.
Too much of anything is bad.
He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.
He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.
Hit the nail on the head.
Hit the nail on the head.
Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
