1699 Proverbs about Very / Page 8
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Everybody's companion is nobody's friend.142.
Everybody's friend, everybody's fool.143.
Everything would be well were there not a "but".144.
Folks say there is a lack of four sorts of people on earth: of priests, else one would not have six or seven benefices; of gentleman, else every boor would not want to be a squire; of whores, else married women and nuns would not carry on the trade; of Jews, else Christians would not practise usury.145.
God is everywhere, except where he has a delegate.146.
He has his finger in every pie.147.
He sticks his nose in everything.148.
He that peeps into every bush will hardly get into the wood.149.
He that pelts every barking dog, must pick up a great many stones.150.
He that would stop everybody's mouth needs plenty of flour.151.
I wept when I was born, and every day shows why.152.
If every one were wise, a fool would be the prize.153.
In a calm sea, every man is a pilot.154.
Lean liberty is better than fat slavery.155.
Let every one sweep before his own door.156.
Let every pedlar carry his own pack.157.
Make yourself an ass, and every one will lay his sack on you.158.
Make yourself an ass, and you'll have every man's sack on your shoulders.159.
Never fell oak at the very first stroke.160.
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