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Idleness ruins the constitution.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
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Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart from it.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.