“4084. Search not a Wound too deep, lest thou make a new one.”
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“5241. To take from the right Hand, and give to the Left.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“4776. The Sun is never the worse for shining on a Dunghill.”
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“5184. To him, that you tell your Secret, you resign your Liberty.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1737) : To whom thy secret thou dost tell, to him thy freedom thou dost sell.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5426. We are apt to believe what we wish for.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5779. Wise Men learn by other Men's Harms; Fools, by their own.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“3779. One may say too much, even upon the best Subject.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1745) : You may talk too much on the best of subjects.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Variante: 300. A Man may say too much even upon the best of Subjects.
“2245. He that payeth beforehand, shall have his Work ill done.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“6124. What cannot be cured,
Must be endured.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5222. To run the Wild-Goose Chace.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5810. Women’s Work is never done.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5115. 'Tis Self-Conceit, that makes Opinion obstinate.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5718. Who shall keep the Keepers?”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)
“5930. You lay on your Butter, as with a Trowel.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“2018. He set my House afire, only to roast his Eggs.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1751) : Pray don't burn my House to roast your Eggs.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“849. Be as you would seem to be.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1744) : What you would seem to be, be really.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“2033. He talks in the Bear-Garden Tongue.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“6318. Many a Little
Make a Mickle.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1737) : Every little makes a mickle.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“6001. You starve in a Cook's Shop.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“3628. No Smoak without some Fire.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)
“6172. Who so blind as he,
That will not see?”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“2420. He wrongs not an old Man, who steals his Supper from him.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1737) : He that steals the old man's supper, do's him no wrong.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“1048. Call your Husband Cuckold in Jest and he'll ne'er suspect you.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“6401. The Love of a Woman, and a Bottle of Wine,
Are sweet for a Season; but last a short Time.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“4874. There is a deal of Difference between Love and Gratefulness.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5085. 'Tis harder to unlearn than learn.”
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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“812. Argument seldom convinces any one contrary to his Inclinations.”
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