1614 American Proverbs / Page 9
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A woman can't drive her husband, but she can lead him.162.
Ability is the poor man's wealth.163.
Ability will enable a man to get to the top, but character will keep him from falling.164.
Above all nations is humanity.165.
Absence cools moderate passions but inflames violent ones.166.
Absence kills a little love but makes the big ones grow.167.
Abundance, like want, ruins many.168.
Abuse is like a god that destroys his master.169.
Accident is the mother of invention.170.
Accidents will happen in the best of families.171.
Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.172.
Action is worry's worst enemy.173.
Action without thought is like shooting without aim.174.
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.175.
Admitting error clears the score and proves you wiser than before.176.
Adversity does best discover virtue.177.
Adversity flatters no man.178.
Adversity has no friends.179.
Adversity is the stuff that shows whether you are what you thought you were.180.
Advice is least heeded when most needed.