1614 American Proverbs / Page 14
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Bad news travels fast.262.
Bad planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.263.
Bad the crow, bad the egg.264.
Bad to do evil, but worse to boast about it.265.
Bait the hook well and the fish will bite.266.
Be careful but not full of care.267.
Be cautious but polite.268.
Be certain and on the level.269.
Be civil to every man; you know not who may prove to be your friend.270.
Be content and do not heed the goadings of ambitions.271.
Be gay today, for tomorrow you may die.272.
Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy.273.
Be just before you are generous.274.
Be not discouraged by adverse circumstances.275.
Be not led by flattery.276.
Be not lenient to your own faults.277.
Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changing him.278.
Beauty and folly are old companions.279.
Beauty is as beauty does.280.
Beauty is no longer amiable than while virtue adorns it.