68 Manx Proverbs / Page 3
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Ten thousand of the greatest faults in our neighbours is of less consequence than the smallest of our own.42.
The black ox never stamps on his own foot.43.
The coroner and the lawyer grow fat on the quarrels of fools.44.
The crooked bannock straightens the body.45.
The greatest pleasure in life lies in doing that which people say we cannot do.46.
The little hemlock is sister to the great hemlock.47.
The man who looks after his own work has plenty to do to keep everything right.48.
The man who minds his own business well has always enough to do.49.
The more a man catches the more he'll have.50.
The remembrance of the heart is better than the remembrance of the head.51.
The smaller the company the bigger the share.52.
The tree is known by its fruit.53.
The weaknesses of old age are no fit cause for laughter, since they must be our own portion at the end.54.
They live like cat and dog.55.
To share is sweet, but to pay is bitter.56.
Two faggots will burn better than one.57.
What must be, will be.58.
What's taken well is better than what's well done.59.
When a man wants a wife, he wants but a wife; But when he has got a wife, he wants a great deal.60.
When men are rightly occupied their happiness grows of their work.