1614 American Proverbs / Page 8
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A rotten egg can't be spoiled.142.
A shady lane breeds mud.143.
A single fact is worth a shipload of argument.144.
A single penny fairly got is worth a thousand that are not.145.
A slip of the foot and you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.146.
A small debt makes a debtor, a heavy one an enemy.147.
A smart coat is a good letter of introduction.148.
A smile is worth a thousand words.149.
A stout heart crushes some ill luck.150.
A sure sign of age is loneliness.151.
A swift eater, a swift worker.152.
A thimbleful of experience is worth a tubful of knowledge.153.
A thorn of experience is worth a wilderness of advice.154.
A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense.155.
A true wife is her husband's flower of beauty.156.
A whistling girl and a cackling hen come to no good end.157.
A whistling girl and a crowing hen never came to a good end.158.
A wise duck takes care of its bill.159.
A wise man learns by the experiences of others; an ordinary man learns by his own experience; a fool learns by nobody's experiences.160.
A wise man's day is worth a fool's life.