“4657. The more Cooks, the worse Broth.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
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“5051. Time devours all things.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“5000. This, or any Moment may be your last.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“6099. Help, Hands;
For I have no Lands.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1745) : Help, Hands; for I have no Lands.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“3214. Light-heel'd Mothers make leaden-heel'd Daughters.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1745) : Light heel'd mothers make leaden-heel'd daughters.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“3671. Nothing is ours, but Time.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“3313. Make a Virtue of Necessity.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“509. All complain of want of Memory, but none of want of Judgment.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1745) : Many complain of their Memory, few of their Judgment.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“4301. Tailors and Writers must mind the Fashion.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“1537. Fine Cloth is never out of Fashion.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“294. A Man may lead his Horse to Water, but cannot make him drink.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“3655. None knows the Weight of another's Burthen.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“4693. The older a Fool is, the worse he is.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“4545. The Fox may grow grey, but never good.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1749) : Many Foxes grow grey, but few grow good.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“613. An Hour may destroy what an Age was a building.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“4070. Sauce for a Goose, is Sauce for a Gander.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“4853. The Wrath of Brothers, is fierce and devilish.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)
“3270. Long life hath long Misery.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“241. A light Purse makes a heavy Heart.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1733) : Light purse, heavy heart.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“892. Better eat Salt with Philosophers of Greece, than eat Sugar with Courtezans of Italy.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1740) : Thou hadst better eat salt with the Philosophers of Greece, than sugar with the Courtiers of Italy.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“4374. That War only is just, which is necessary.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“977. Beware of no Man more than thy self.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“2248. He that plants Trees, loves others besides himself.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)
“3461. More than enough is too much.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“3403. Men seek less to be instructed than applauded.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“6320. Man proposes;
God disposes.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“6384. He that would please all, and himself too,
Undertakes what none could ever do.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
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