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1 A clear conscience fears no accusation
2 A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats
3 A cure for poetry, seven wealthy towns contend for Homer, dead, thro' which the living Homer begged his bread
4 A divided family can no more stand than a divided Commonwealth
Trang 25 A father's a treasure; a brother's a comfort
6 A flatterer never seems absurd: the flattered always take his word
7 A friend in need is a friend indeed
8 A full belly is the mother of all evil
9 A good example is the best sermon
10.A good lawyer makes a bad neighbour
11.A good man is seldom uneasy, an ill one never easy
12 A good man passes by an offence, and a noble spirit scorns revenge
13.A good wife and health, is a man's best wealth
14 A great many employ the first of their years to make their last miserable
15 A large train makes a light purse
16 A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one
17 A lie stands on one leg, truth on two
18 A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two different things
Trang 319.A light purse is a heavy curse
20.A little house well filled, a little field well tilled, and a little wife well willed, are great riches
21.A little well-gotten will do us more good, than lordships and sceptres by rapines and blood
22.A man had better be poisoned in his blood than in his principles
23.A man is never so ridiculous by those qualities that are his own as by those that he affects to have
24.A man may be a good adviser, though an ill solicitor
25.A man of knowledge, like a rich soil, feeds if not a world of corn, a world
of weeds
26.A man without ceremony has need of great merit in its place
27.A man without secrecy is an open letter for everyone to read
28.A mob's a monster; heads enough, but no brains
29.A modern wit is one of David's fools
Trang 430.A new truth is a truth, an old error is an error, though clodpate2 won't allow either
31.A penny saved is two pence clear, a pin a day is a groat3 a year
32.A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees
33.A quarrelsome man has no good neighbours
34.A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder, but rest and guilt live far asunder
35.A ship under sail and a big-bellied woman are the handsomest two things that can be seen common
36.A slip of the foot you may soon recover: but a slip of the tongue you may never get over
37.A soft tongue may strike hard
38.A talkative fellow willing to learn of Isocrates, was asked by Isocrates double his usual price; because, said he, I must both teach you how to speak and to hold your tongue
39.A traveller should have a hog's nose, a deer's legs, and an ass's back
40.A true friend is the best possession
Trang 541.A true great man will neither trample on a worm, nor sneak to an
emperor
42.A vindictive temper is not only uneasy to others, but to them that have it
43.A wicked hero will turn his back to an innocent coward
44.A wolf eats sheep but now and then, ten thousands are devoured by men
45.Accuse not fortune when you are in the fault
46.Admiration is the daughter of ignorance
47.After crosses and losses, men grow humbler and wiser
48.After fish, milk do not wish
49.Again, he that sells upon credit asks a price for what he sells, equivalent
to the principal and interest of his money, for the time he is likely to be kept out of it
50.Against diseases, the strongest fence is the defensive virtue abstinence
51.Ah simple man! When a boy, two precious jewels were given to you: time and good advice; one you have lost, and the other you have thrown away
Trang 652.All blood is alike ancient
53.All fools are not knaves, but all knaves are fools
54.All mankind are beholden to him that is kind to the good
55.All men of estates are only trustees to the poor and distressed, and will be
so rewarded when they are to give an account
56.All things are cheap to the saving, dear to the wasteful
57.All things are easy to industry, all things difficult to sloth
58.Always make your jest so that it ends not in earnest
59.Always take part with and defend the unfortunate
60.An egg today is better than a hen tomorrow
61.An empty bag cannot stand upright
62.An infallible remedy for toothache: wash the root of an aching tooth in elder vinegar and let it dry half an hour in the sun; after which it will never ache more
63.An innocent ploughman is more worthy than a vicious prince
Trang 764.An old man in a house is a good sign
65.An old young man will be a young old man
66.An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse
67.An ounce of wit that is bought is worth a pound that is taught
68.And he that pays ready money might let that money out to use: so that he that possesses anything he has bought, pays interest for the use of it
69.Anger and folly walk cheek-by-jowl; repentance treads on both their heels
70.Anger may look into the breast of a wise man, but only rest in the bosom
of fools
71.Approve not of him who commends all you say
72.Are you angry that others disappoint you? Remember, you cannot depend upon yourself
73.As charms are nonsense, nonsense is a charm
74.As often as we do good, we sacrifice
Trang 875.As pride increases, fortune declines
76.As sore places meet most rubs, proud folks meet most affronts
77.As to his wife, John minds St Paul; he's one that has a wife, and is as if
he has none
78.As we must account for every idle word, so we must for every idle silence
79.At a great pennyworth, pause a while
80.At the working man's house, hunger looks in but dares not enter
81.At twenty years of age the will reigns, at thirty the wit, and at forty the judgment
82.Avarice and happiness never saw each other; how then should they become acquainted
83.Avoid dishonest gain: no price can recompense the pangs of vice