BookofProverbs 10791207
BookofProverbs 10791207
BookofProverbs 10791207
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PR O F J . . B E A M E R, A U T H O R,
M a n o r, Pa
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RE V IE W PU B L I S H IN G CO .
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PR IN T E RS ,
G r ee n s bu r g , Pa .
A BI O G RA P H Y O F T H E A U T H O R .
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July 1 3 1 863 a fter Gettysburg battle Being a s er
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We are living i n an age O f electricity transition and ,
on ,
ho w to avoid them .
t o apply them .
O u s and popular .
6 BOOK OF PR O VE R BS .
rude expressions .
to cure them .
It is the book that elevates man more than any other book
outside of the Bible .
home .
proverbs .
BOOK OF PR OV E R BS . 7
of unsurpassed beauties .
, ,
as presents they ha ve no :
P rice half ,
thick .
Address
P RO F J BE AM E R M anor Pa . .
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BOOK OF PR OV E R BS . 9
Book of Proverbs .
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Solomon .
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n ew
u g l y r oot o f e
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A fellow to cheat you out of hous e and home i s
, , as
rr u ch as to say he cut your eye t eeth .
f y i n g glass .
sp rit of G o d in it .
n o t forsake us .
o l d hypoc i t e at p r a y e r m ee t i n g
r and clearing a house filled ,
S ampson
used the j awbone with great success in this ,
ten feet ahead o f the woman they are married and that is ,
all t hat is wr on g
s .
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I f you want to be successful in li fe the following six ,
s t ra l
g ht enough t o save the g r ea t e st n a t i on on earth .
T he s nail does not sing . The lazy man does not bloom .
hi s eyes ( I rony )
. .
little
A
rich man can commit any crime with impunity A .
A swarm of
cro ssest bees in Mallay will not stin g
the ,
faster and they will flee like hornets from a riddled nest
,
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c1 n e .
ten per cent more that are total abstainers from all i n t o xi
cants from the fact t hat they d o ten per cent more work
, .
is the key .
Rivalry
is the best medi u m in t he world to drive evil
spirits away It is the oil of life
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The crowing hen and the scolding woman are ,
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o ut of
their latitude .
Every child s ho ul d /
be \ta u g ht t o l augh the sa m e as
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A g oo d ,
\
h ea r t y laugh invigorates every living creature
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Proverbs never die Dust t o dust is written on every
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thing else proverbs live t o all etern ity the older they get
, ,
the more they sparkle like the light i n the lighthouse to the
,
ma n ner .
( Y oung )
There was a silence deep as death and the noblest held ,
ever ( Shakespeare )
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, ,
( Beecher ) .
s on .
( S t Peter
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) .
To be of no church is dangerous , .
( Johnston ) .
( hd o o r e) .
L ove l ooks not with the eyes but with the mind , , an d ,
People
are n o t n ear so happy as you think t hey are ,
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Trust not a horse 3 heel nor a dog s mouth ,
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of unseen things .
A s slippery as an eel .
They who only seek the faults of others will find noth ,
in g else .
any harm .
BO O K OF P RO V ER BS . 19
to get .
I f we d i d not
have so many fatted calves , we would
not have so many prodigal sons .
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When G o d is so all powerful tis strange that we don t ,
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get in touch with that all power and give the devil a co l d ,
shoulder .
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love hoping by and by t o be rocked in t he great rocking
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The fear of G o d n a kc s
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root o f evil .
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As y o u make your bed , y o u m ust lie on it .
BOOK P ROVE RBS
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20 OF .
satis faction .
Raise
a family in a happy medium Learning reli .
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gion and all things make good citizens and good husban d s
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and wives .
I f you can t get through with all your work while you
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ed i n a neat maxim .
com m i t i n g maxims .
and economy .
N 0 one is a failure ,
so long as he has grit to try again .
a teacher .
lin ) .
y o u fo r ,
and y Ou will sue
c eed .
( S ydney Smith ) .
0 3
Wj
all 1n fi r m 1t 1 e s va n i t y Is the dea est
O f ,
r
. A man W 1 11
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( O l d Maxim ) .
Time is money .
I f men have no care for the future they will soon have,
sorro w .
s o d d y p p
l s é t c ,
e
Al m ighty .
s ilver
.
wi l l die .
re light .
actions .
Doing g oo d is
,
t he only happy action of a man s life .
( S y dney ) .
ing e n i n en t ( Swi ft )
. . .
coupl e.
Man holds the string to the kite and thus governs the ,
time is gone .
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Extreme admiration puts ,
ou t the critic s ey e .
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Where w e find G od ,
in his fullest sense is in the cha n ,
ber of solitude .
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At what y o u laugh at most heartily that is the best
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index to y o u r character .
meals .
BO O K OF P RO VER BS .
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It is a good thing to have tw o strings to on e s bo w .
speare ) .
Humbl e love ,
n ot proud scien ce keep s the door ,
to
heaven .
flourished on earth .
to a blooming garden .
The last of the sand in the hour glass runs faster ; the
last O f life runs fastest .
soul .
BOOK OF P ROVE RBS .
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The brightest thoughts emanate from a child s mind ,
after recess in school then all the mental and physical organs
,
thirty minutes .
Who weds a s ot , and gets a cot will lose the cot and
, t he
sot ( D utch )
. .
“
Churc h rivals are trimming our lamps for Christian
a great la ws uit .
I
am an American because America is for common ,
people ( M c Kin l e y )
. .
( Kin g David ) .
hair fight
, .
struction 1n righteousness .
min d /
The song O f the birds tells the lati tude and the cli , ,
mate
’
The world s greatest thoughts placed in one sentence , ,
in r ight starting .
’
Do that for which you are fitted ; chickens can t swim
with ducks .
Reviewing
primiti ve creation and comparing the man ,
hu m an kingdom .
l
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t ew r .
It is not the rich and good eat a ble t hat makes the s
.
Claredon )
ha s no shame .
36 BOOK OF P RO VE RBS .
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Wrong doing and doing n othing are the same in God s ,
Daily work keeps your system O iled and keeps rust and ,
longer .
mous .
To be of no church is dangerous ,
.
( Johnston ) .
m e r ci a l law .
fellow ) .
consist of a variety .
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a dead lion .
get on a drunk .
easily into the block ; sharp thoughts drive easily into the
blockhead .
m ediums p ut together .
an d o ff it goes
,
.
Little by little the tiny coral builds the reef that wreck s
the great ship ; small sins little by littl e wreck the strongest , ,
mind s .
v e l op s ou r hi en t a l powers .
loving mother .
earthly day .
makes d l S CO l d ‘
.
BOOK OF P ROVE RBS .
spring .
O f a l l kn owledge
‘
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42 B O OK OF PROVE RBS .
a failure is a crime
,
.
The lo ver O ft
’
shuts his eyes and tells himself lies , .
blessin g .
G re a t success ,
18 someth i ng that few can stand .
w ill be a success in li fe .
By erosion ( as it goes on ) in ,
years all the ,
Glaciers to ,
feet deep run six feet a ,
d av .
oblivion .
In T e r r a d e l f u eg o sheets o f light n i n g
, ar e passing near
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ly all the ti m e hence it is called t he l a nd
, , of fire .
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Tis more blessed to give t ha n t o receive .
’
No good ever comes from minding other people s busi
ness .
days of Christ .
T
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cowardly better tell him of his faults and trust to God for
, ,
the results .
Put cotton in your ears and you cannot hear ; put tobacco
,
May t he d e
vil cut the toes o ff all our enemies that ,
we
may know them by their limpin g .
v ery good eff ect ; it unifies the time of ev ery phase and ,
and happiness .
p lac e
deeper .
nothingness .
BO O K OF PROVE RB S .
, ,
lead pencils .
tive o f party .
’v ’
I f you want y o u com p l e x o n good keep the ventilation
,
men .
BO O K OF P ROVE RBS . 49
As busy as a bee .
He who bl a ckens
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O ther s , doe s n ot w hit en hi ms el f .
As sure as a g un .
eq uilibrium .
, y ou
I
Pompeii had barber shops when destroyed ,
A D .
7 9,
hence the index to civilization .
to wear broadcloth .
In peace prepare
,
fo r w a r .
When all m en say that you are a mule get your kick ,
, a victory won .
men ( Rossea u )
. .
curse .
( B riggs ) .
You must tie a m i s chi e veous cur sho rt ; you must tie
a mischievious boy short .
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Hair splittin g ,
is very unpopular in religion or any ,
thin g else .
gether .
, as
too much ,
Shun law suits and never take any money risks which
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maxims .
his children and then put the knife to his own throat
,
.
don t want it
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The mea ning to a life is action in all your operations
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Prayer should be at regular intervals in a well regu ,
lated family .
unsurrendered heart .
O
the hil l tops the valleys look the most beautiful ;
n
tak i ng .
the workman .
T he d e v i l ha s th r e e prongs on h i s satanic fo rk ; t he
chu r ch ha s three pron g s to h e r s piritual fork Fa the r S on
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a n d Holy G h os t .
Don ’
t h id e y ou r l i g ht und e r a b us h e l .
" M an
;
Ba d n e ws ,
i s t he first to come .
T he cobbler ,
st icks to his l a s t .
feet creature .
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reformer s .
( Joseph Cook ) .
/
Cheerful ness is the atmosphere that is like the spring ,
shower to veg i t a t i on
Small bo ats should keep near the shore large ones can ,
accent .
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We should conform our v ocation with nature s motion .
American soil w a s that the s chool house and church sho uld
,
g o hand in hand .
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Whipping a man over a nother s shoulders .
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I f the blind lead the blind both shall fall into the ditch
, .
dict ( Juvenile )
. .
( Lucretius ) .
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Trust n ot , t oo much an enchanting face
,
.
( Virgile ) .
As happy as a sunflower ,
it alo n e .
( Bibl e ) .
The less you care for men s opinions the more they ’
,
care f o r yours .
Get in touch with the meanest men and there you find ,
t , .
O ounce
ne of mirth is worth a thou s and weight
,
of
melancholy .
must die at a s t .
Man wants but little here below nor wants that little ,
down .
of weeds .
as punish .
T o err is human ,
to forgive is divine ( Pope ) . .
Ta ste and reason are very small but the the orga ns of ,
I ndian .
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A wretched soul ,
bruised with adversity .
( Shake
speare ) .
s afe A stolid and rigid man that don t bend is not right ’
.
, , ,
unsafe .
B OOK O F PRO V E RBS . 65
W hen I
a child I spake as a child and I thought
wa s , ,
j ealousy
( Bible ) .
in your garden both are the subj ects of very care ful plant
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Young man go we st , .
( H orace G reely ) .
The church and all the powers inve sted in man should
, ,
G have d
pity on the slave o f a perverted appetite and
o
show h i m the blessing o f temperance and the curse o f i n ,
t e mpe ra nce .
literature .
J O Y
, W hi Ch W 6 c annot enj oy with others is only hal f ,
a Joy .
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vocation .
grocery store .
As blind as a bat .
I t is no sin to be poor .
sensitive .
SO
many people are Christians but not Jesus Christians , .
Chinaman )
her heels and let fly to teach you that you cannot sail on
,
As poor as Job .
’
on e .
Pruden ce i s ,
the p a r e n t of succe s s .
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A fin e ca g e will not feed the bird .
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No ,
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The mob has many head s but lacks brains
and yes ,
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develop m a ny mighty
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war s
.
R evenge i s sweet .
the world .
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Fortune knocks once at every man s door .
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education on earth .
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ness .
L ove
s s o ftest words carry the fact in the most powe r
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, ,
ful argument .
fo r happiness .
H e is a dude .
S he is a regular flirt .
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C ome unto me all ye ends o f the earth and I will give
, ,
y ou rest .
companions .
BOO K OF P RO V E RBS . 73
usefulness .
Strike
,
the iron when it is hot ; young m an , strike when
vour blood is hot .
for humanity .
Manners ,
a re orna ments of action .
( Smiles ) .
Anonymous )
places .
v
Vi l l give .
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mercy .
oxen bellow .
Po verty ,
trans formed into prosperity ,
ma kes the
mighty me n o f the earth .
world move .
t i on i z e bridge buildin g .
L a zm e s s
is a sin it is the backbon e of a law civiliza
,
ol d
’
B etter an man s d arling , than a young man s slave ’
.
d om of Heaven .
Silence gives
consent
.
to
‘
m
We should i nterest oursel v es i n t he a mus em ent of ou r
,
servants .
— ‘
struggle .
( Beecher ) .
While y o u 11 r
e, tell the truth a nd shame the devil .
( Shakespeare ) .
killed
.
Dig,
not for metals where there are none ; don t plug after ’
down .
etern ity .
’
Conscience is reason s golden chain that developes more ,
are doing .
S oft answers don t cost any more than gru ff ones and
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,
Respectability
to children is a grand trait in favor of ,
nobility of character .
shut after .
Cast bread upon the waters for thou shalt find it after ,
m any days .
( Bible )
.
( Proverb ) .
all wrong .
aid ,
’
A wise student s greatest is to grow into m or a l
and spiritual beauty .
’
B e re ady for death at all times t hen you can t be taken
,
’
by surpris e .
of humanity .
The cli mate that takes the least work to support life ,
, .
an d quit physic .
ing .
man .
companions .
minister to man .
a healthy body .
i ’
a man .
( Goethe ) .
BO O K OF PR O V ER BS . 7
, ,
of popularity goodnes s
‘
and usefulness ;
I f a child say s bad words don t let the child know that ,
’
t hat they are good for nothing than being good and bad
alternately .
or great trees .
of debts .
themselves .
e a rth .
as you say
”
A ho use divided against itsel f cannot stand ,
.
are noisy .
fight hornets .
more than n the members ; the members are the cha ff spiri ,
t u a l i t y is t he vitality .
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Don t strike natu re straight in the face it will rebound ;
’
strike it oblique ; the same law holds good in all the a ff airs
of our existence .
sm n ers .
perfume .
negative.
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Better an upright than a ,
f a l s e Ch r i s t a i n .
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To bu il d . ca s t l e s i n the air .
i s he d 3 000 years B C .
No conquest ,
is greater than self conque st .
A s sweet as h oney :
Seeing is believing .
g ood friends .
money .
up to him .
Rest ’
is the sweetest thing after a good day s work .
BO OK OF P RO VE RBS . 97
heart a che r s will kill the heart ache the same as the Ki l ,
c oarse brother .
both tell when t o quit piling on more fuel when the power
is right .
1n
p r o d u c m g sweet mus 1 c ; one reason t o o much m e cha n i ,
Y ou
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can t learn to play chess by schooling you need ,
greater .
convinced ( German )
. .
by the heart .
A i
p g on the ice is independent until he falls ; a big
,
become extinct .
all goo d .
there is a fly in t h e honey .
blessing .
boy .
f ulness ( M on t a og )
. .
, An excellent
t rait in women .
fl u-
e nce .
together .
S avageness
badne s s and goodness are so neatly blen
, ,
the surroundings .
’
need to stu dy Greek and Hebrew to under
Y ou d on t
‘
,
Ye
'
e v er .
( Jeremiah 35 ,
( Y oung ) .
world is learned .
discontented .
Sail while the wind blows ari ght ; wind and tide wait
for no man ,
BOOK OF P ROVE RBS . 1 07
T he cross
antedates Christ hundreds o f years : it r e p r e
,
greatness .
of grea t beauty .
e .
Lavish thousands of
dollars on your baby clothes and ,
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When t he right fellowship prevails the rich and poor ,
friends to help her keep a secret ; it got out all the same .
drinks little .
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Hard workers are generally honest
, , .
while the evil days come not nor the years draw nigh when
, ,
“
thou shall say I have no pleasure in them ( O l d Testa
, .
ment ).
( Lamb ) .
The man who has his wishes all satisfied is the most ,
mind.
G en i us commands a d miration
, .
( Max i m ) .
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Everybody s business is nobody s business ,
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( Maxim ) .
t
.
No sweat no sweet , . O
( dl M a xi m ) .
N o pa ins ,
no g ain s .
( M a xi m ) .
Be lik e a n oa k . H a ve a principle ,
s tron g and soli d .
to sing ( Nature )
. .
do something great .
Close the eyes ears and nose , , of a bat and it will find
,
is approaching .
Christ gave .
We live as —
w e th ink , we think as we are taught and as ,
we read .
drunkeness .
g ray
hairs .
of mu c h ,
’
D on t form the habit talking t oo on a n y top i c,
during bu s iness hours .
, .
sol v e friendship .
O ne bee ,
18 better than a handful of flies .
Think of the mind that can hold all the past the present ,
V ulgarit y d efi l e s '
fine garments more than mud .
everywhere ( Sydney ) .
( Burke ) .
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Time O h ho w quiet and silent those long ages ; even
,
S harp
and witty sayings are like surface springs they , ,
ei g hbor s fa ul ts, w e
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Before W e attempt to correct our n
M other nature is ,
t he best docto r on ea rth .
verted .
l o s op hy not y et explained .
and honest .
decent society .
unborn generations .
ly .
( Wm Penn ) . .
BO O K OF P ROVE RB S .
S i d en t M c Ki n l e y ) .
of civilization in motion
,
W ilton )
There is no more vo r acious creature than the cater
pillar ; in a month it will eat 600 times its weight .
Straight t i ee s ,
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Evenly all around top head ; for gen eral good m orality
—
,
and Christianity .
r emarkably intellectual .
safe .
Some men can boss better for their neighbor than for ,
themselves .
river of ti me .
V ery light hair and eyes ; weak eyes soft skin easily , ,
i t out
.
From the same flower the bee gathers honey and also , , , ,
None preaches better than the ant and she says nothing ,
.
Every evolution ’
of time puts ,
on a higher and more ,
Godlike step .
M ann ) .
BO O K OF P ROVE RBS . 1 29
the rich the poor the hi g h a n d the low are all t he same
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Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work ; for the ,
ary .
( Solomon ) .
home ( Servantes )
. .
guardian angel .
R
medium : the plumb line mentioned by the prophet
m os
appy .
steadiness of features .
the most humble births and exposed to the most abj ect ,
poverty .
a ve rv unsa fe companion .
’
Y ou
can t sympathize with a neighbor in his trouble s ,
unless you have su ff ered like trouble s O bj ect les son s talk .
the world She carries her armor her hous e and navy all
.
, ,
on her back She don t sing or talk quietly she lives and
.
’
, ,
’
The daisy can t see but when night comes she clo s e s ,
her flowery home ; and when that dark storm comes she ,
clo s es all the petals so that is safe ; and when the rain i s,
mouths large eno ugh to swallow a ship and all they sav is
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to take a good laugh and for all around meanness they have
,
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few equals .
be seen there watch and see that same nice fellow sneaking
, , ,
a
'
I f all your hope is lost and gone .
y ou h d bett e r be
St . Loui s .
never to go again
. .
another drunk .
and press together all the nations of the earth an d make one
, ,
’
When people carry umbrellas y ou can t positively say ,
the turkey ,
coming to o u r shores .
imperfect man .
.
,
Iron is the most plenti ful metal and also the most ,
The better and longer you can keep the laugh going ,
the more you can abuse your opponent without him get ,
ting cross .
Among all the bad habits profan ity is the worst ; every ,
he i s a stayer .
family worship .
,
‘
t
w ho fear his name .
tr ue bearing .
varnished ( Shakespear e)
.
Age and youth look upon life from the opposite ends
,
of the telescope .
( H olm e s ) .
Happy is the man who can see the finger of God writ ,
dying stars .
before a fall .
a happy home .
The small and sprightly party will m ake the best steno
grapher ; a large sluggish person will be a failure .
bear coming .
so
a whi s tl er .
a nybody .
”
ah departmen ts of li fe .
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For
age and want save what you may ; no morning ,
For want of a nail the shoe was lost ; and for want of ,
’
I f we don t tell funny stories they call us old fossils
,
'
us rattle skulls .
’
The silent smile of a sensible loving woman will van
, , ,
qu i s h t e n men .
l iterature .
the master ; they can thank G o d that they have the same air ;
the same water ; the same sleep ; the same death ; the same
grave and the same worm to eat t he body
,
.
ent elements to give his body and mind the right temper
,
.
Wh erever
go the environs are full o f temptations ;
we ,
gen .
( Cook ) .
BOOK OF P ROVE RBS . 1 45
fashionable ladies .
The more beautiful the serpent the more fatal the bite ; ,
,
.
her a ff ection .
ou r best friends .
Pe r s e r ve r a n ce
does more to overcome great di ffi culties ,
bad man .
small ( O l d Bible )
. .
.
,
in subj ection .
1 50 .
( L a mb ) .
Purposes like e ggs unl ess they are hat ched into action
, , ,
( Lytton ) .
O ld
vocations have vanished new inventions have tak ,
M oral hat r ed ,
is an imitation of f or c ed love .
o ve r fond parents .
an d sometime s m ore .
If y ou
’
can t keep your own secrets it is folly to entrust ,
th em to others .
m en .
e
n ss to be over intelligent than not intelligent enou g h
, .
JO H N W A N A M A KE R
15 1 B OOK OF P RO VE RBS .
You may tell an idle fellow if , y o u but see him eat his
dinner .
serves .
( Herbert )
breeze .
’
It is a poor soul that can t have a few enemies
, .
and five songs nearly all o f which are lost He died at the
,
.
seeds and you will have good results the same in children ;
plant good thoughts and you will have good results
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ten it .
appreciate .
p e a r a n c e W i ll,
n o t make an impression .
p o l e o n ) .
A
'
love commences .
Work is healthy it is ,
n ot work that kills prematurely ;
it is worry that does it .
y o u
'
, , ,
day after day ; and when life is done the Heavenly hope is ,
C on s p i ci ou s ,
by his absence .
B .
beautiful as po s sible .
yea r s .
Vi rt u e ha s it s
reward but ow n ,
s om e men are goo d
because they really like to be good .
S ampson .
’
D on t wait f or some work to turn up but , g o a nd turn
up s ome work .
It is
the gilded paper nor the good writing that
n ot , ,
b oa st ab out it .
l i fe ( John S he rman )
. .
I gnor ance ,
thinks the rest of the wo rl d blind .
e nce )
”
t un es
.
( Whately ) .
( C a r va n t e s )
A man that studieth revenge keepeth his o wn wounds ,
other .
I came that they may have li fe and that they may have ,
Success does not run after you but you mu s t run afte r ,
bad passions .
the openin g .
, g i es
you comfort a n d happine s s .
B OOK OF P ROVE RBS . 16 3
will be better .
w ha t a medicine it is f o r dyspepsia .
.
”
166 BO OK OF P RO V E RBS .
, ,
kil l mys el f .
ar e .
N a t ur e in ti ful beyon d ex ,
no rain in sight .
in g o ff a l o g .
O m;
drop of ink put in the right direction may con
, ,
The taller the tree the thinner the bark . The fairer the
lad y the harder to s park ( D Du ff ) . . .
T he
l ov e of c hildren is purely genuine . The love in
the K ingd om of G od is not any purer .
O h the pure love for little Nellie when she was laid
, ,
g
.
Truck trains are side tracked to make way for the Presi
-
d ent s train
’
Do n t permit truck t rai ns on y our track ; be
.
’
a Pres ident .
’
When on t he r ace course don t st art on the wro ng end ; ,
hotel .
A cow ha s
two horn s but can t play on one ; watch
’
,
’
L et bu r
reason not our s ense be the rule of our con , ,
out g re a t blessings .
other s .
( Bacon ) .
stolen .
( Lilly ) .
I f the blind lead the blind ; both shall fall into the ditch .
( St . Matthew ) .
170 B OOK OF P ROVE RBS .
expect honor .
and encourage him in his work and let him kno w that you
love him .
”
Take the honor and poetry from war and you hav e " ,
“
Sherman g a v e i t the right name when he said : War i s
,
hell .
God instituted o
"
the body The L ord s
sleep t rebuild .
’
in positi ons in which they are n ot fitted for they are p erfect ,
failures .
a good man .
taken up by evaporation .
of perfect misery .
aga i n .
Reason
s whole pleasure lies in three words health
’ —
,
y o u ,
say so quietly .
, ,
Re d
h aired people are generall y good natured ; but
-
ten h onestl y .
.
,
purpose .
blood .
clothin g .
n ature .
Mirth ,
is the embro ider y of a l l the actions of human
Y ou ho ul d
wear out your good clothes first E a t
s n ot
‘
’
what is s e t before you Don t as k for the best piece of pie
,
.
S ome
old Christians think and say that the s tron g s alt
n ess in the Dead S e a comes from Lot s wife
’
, , .
you have the l i fe of the most notoriou s rebel that ever live d
i n America .
( Herber t )
When y ou want a prompt an swer enclose a stamped ,
envelope addressed ,
.
an d meditate .
thoughts ( S y n d ey )
. .
The snail does not sing ; the lazy man don t bloom ’
.
bloo d o f tyrants .
W ool ,
sticking in a sheep dog s teet h is evidence ’
,
’
A lazy man don t make a good grave digger ; he sits
too much and quite too soon .
n able .
A f o ol
'
Knowledge is power .
( Noah Webster ) .
the most .
great importance .
. .
O h
woman , " Lovely w o man " Nature made thee .
( S hake spear e )
Wretched soul , bruised with adversity ( S ha k e s
p eare ) .
1 80 B OOK O F PBO VE RBS .
, ,
.
l i ves without .
Good adv i ces are all right but a good example is much
,
better.
Learn to live ,
and l i ve to learn .
( O l d Maxim ) .
word s are the liver pill s in discussion ; they are the renova
tors Placid and sweet discussion produces holes for t he
.
.
,
little while .
I f you are sick repining will not help you but make
, ,
victory .
toes .
consider .
pends .
universe .
and he r bi v er ou s .
bloodthirsty .
you must risk the Gospel engine to save you from the fiery ,
place .
be avoided .
angels .
The
cee d i n g
mills
fin e
of
.
the god s g ri nd s l o w l y . bu t the y g rind ex
much tr i bulation .
happy .
’
We don t know under which stone the s corpion lurks .
things ( St Paul )
. . .
”
in a pond and then cooked Hence : His goose was.
’
cooke d f
All trul v great men can give a good toast at the proper
,
than illiterates .
dures .
nes s .
,
doctors disagree ? ( Pope ) .
preachin g .
Religion ,
like mon ey tha t di d n ot cos t much , don t
last l on g .
place .
Never forget to ask pardon for all wongs and mis t a kes .
together .
B OO K OF P RO V E RBS .
’
a
sa w wood .
Be on t he s a fe side .
a ra n .
L ea st sa id ,
is s oon s e t mend ed .
’
A p enn y s a ved is a penny g ained .
Ta k e ca r e of t he p en ce ; t he p oun d s wi l l t a ke ca r e of
t he m s e l v es .
It ta k es t w o t o m a k e a q ua rrel .
H e fights hi s ow n s ha dow .
Re li gi ou s nten ti on i s t he d e vi l
’
co , s ha rves t .
spiritual bliss .
of human development .
other time .
( O l d Maxim ) .
The more kno wledge you have of the Creator and his
laws the more powerful you are
,
.
’
The foundation o f a man s usefulness is the value ,
Do thy duty that is best ; leave unto the L ord the rest
, .
( M E C rock ) 1
. . .
‘
a re t he i nd e xe s o f a m a n l y chara ct e r .
The s mith s m a re ’
, a nd t he cobl er
’
s wi fe , a r e a l wa y s
wors t s h od .
Alwa y s be s ur e t h a t y ou ha v e t he r i g ht s a d d l e , on t he
rig h t h o r s e .
18 c ,
mos t e ggs ;
V irtu e ,
pushed too far becomes a fault
,
.
er .
( Flower ) .
O bey the inner voice of your nature and you are all
,
right .
is electricity .
g e s t i n
g ( Burke
.
) .
Q P IVC S .
eq u i libriu m
o
B OOK OF PROVE RBS . 201
Love ma kes x
fool s wits ,
’
and wits fools .
Love in old bachelors like fire , 111 old wood once start ,
s
Extraord i nary gen i us i s an i ndex to d eg neracy and IS e ,
the list .
.
202 B OOK OF P ROVE RBS .
men .
will be loving .
i ng 1 8 an ornament .
’
Tis better to be brief than tedious .
O
tooth broke out of a saw will destroy the use of
ne
the saw ; one bad act in your life will destroy the use of yo ur
character .
201 B OO K O F P RO V E RB S .
or the l a w of God .
y o If
u don t govern
’
your passions in a short time t he v
,
?
I f God is for us who can be against us ( Rom .
is slow in coming .
’
Don t buy a pig in the poke .
’
Ta ke all the lad i es with all their artistic skill and they ,
a n d death fo llow s .
Ea s y come ea s y go
,
. O
( dl M axim ) .
a lady of very black hair and eyes has made a mistake ; they,
. s
peare ) .
. .
, .
The more open the Bible is taught to all the better the ,
a r e kept under lock and key inventions were consid ered the
,
to be a notorious liar .
be wise ( Solomon )
. .
In the year 54 B . C .
, Caesar compiled the almanac
‘
use
ful
.
( Addison ) .
) .
, .
shows strength .
good to others .
’
thoughts ; likewise he is a very poor man who can t give
you some good ideas .
wards .
account of overeating .
A g en e r o u s /he a y
r t laugh will open the doors of a cru s
lau g h w i l l d o it good .
hearty laugh .
t .
Praying for a min i ster and not paying his salary ; and
p reaching for temperance and voting for whisky is double ,
hypocrisy .
Take t he bells away and you plu ck out one of the great
ci v i lizers from the j aws of progress
If
the an gelic beauty o f the f a n ily dies and the little ,
boy i s placed in the grave and the spirit added to the angels .
assist nature .
t i al to h i s reas on ( Randolph )
.
.
( French ) .
"
Shakespeare ) .
He that sits with his back to a draft sits with his fac t ,
to a coffin .
21 8 B OOK OF P ROVE RBS .
e x cepted .
ou r s p on s e r .
n e ve r q t
u i
a c ertainty for h 0 pe .
T he p y r a m i d s
decl a re that sculpturing was be t t e r fi v e
thousand years ago than i t is today
'
makes it higher .
Books and women the p lainer they are the better they
—
hauls his luggage and brings forth the good things that
were hidden in his trunk .
likely you will be success ful The very first step hardens
.
built .
'
more work .
'
’
You can t learn to be a blacks m ith by reading ; neither
can you learn to be a Christian by reading ; you need prae
tice
.
days hence .
gm m
ar apart they will not thrive well There is a happy me
, .
the more force the well has ; the deeper you go i nto the G os
e l
p the more fo rce it has .
”
boomerang and gi ve him a bad whack on the back .
“
The words and unspeakabl e would n ot o c
c ur i n the Bible .
older they get the better and the more we like them and the ,
g umbling
r .
regardless of surroundings .
’
You can t control the notes of a nightingale ; neither
can you control the thoughts of your own mind much less
'
,
Man has all the animal instincts and also the human .
224 B OOK OF P ROVE RB S .
with what he ha s .
t onou s eating .
’
Don t kill the fly on the boy s nose with a sledg e ham ’
in
g the s welled head .
226 B OOK or PR O V E RB S .
of perverted appetites .
but the friction ; it is not the action of the mind that destroys
the body but it is the acidity that produces the emotion
, .
good enough for the ages o f eternity and let others talk
as they please .
”
.
, _
brings us to God .
Shakespeare )
( Doc Johnston )
. .
r a t he r than by his an
s w e rs (
. V oltaire ) .
Wise men never sit and bewail their loss but cheerfully ,
"
Suit the word to the action and the actio n to the word .
Shakesp eare )
I
The best fire escape system IS found i n the New Tes
O 0
tament .
, , .
’
and nearest duties ; don t grasp at the stars ; but d o life s d u ’
approbation of others .
B O O K O F PRO V E RBS .
powers o f usefulness .
Ba con s fi el d ) .
M an w ants bu t little ,
n or that little lon g .
( Young ) .
more bitter They increas e the cares of life but they miti
.
,
’
Don t try to teach your children too much in a short
t i me i t leaves the i mpress o f a very short race in life It i s .
Fault -
fin d i n g is a s tain on character that has f ew
eq ual s .
he is a Christian .
Happ y is the man w ho can lie down and sleep and wake
up i n the morn i n g ready for his daily happiness .
Fault -fi n d i n g
is growlin g; growling is scolding ; scold
i ngs are shafts of the low er r e gi on s .
happiness .
look on .
-
.
The chi e f e n d
'
'
God will be with you and your life will be long and happy .
and sadness .
’
We should do all the hard work we can ; if we can t be
a light house let us be a tallow candle
-
,
.
’
Don t criticise children in company ; you will destroy
their individuality .
’
Don t use ugly threats to your children that you never
expect to fulfill .
23 8 B OOK O F P ROVE RB S .
panions .
_
,
’
into Abraham s bosom ; the rich man also died and was bur
i e d in hell ; he li fted up his eyes and seeth Abraham afar
o ff and L a z a r e t h in his bosom Scripture
( .
) .
B O OK OF P ROVE RBS . 23 9
( Bacon ) .
T
here is nothing in the world that enriches the hu
man mind any more than writing and reading proverbs .
angry man .
part of creation .
flowers .
A leaf when old and ripe fades and dies ; man is the
,
-
,
He is in clover .
some .
calm .
lock j aw
-
.
and petted until it falls asleep ; then all the cares are over -
.
( Goldsmith )
When a great wheel runs d o wn a hill don t a tt empt t o ’
When you can t sleep j ump out of bed rub all over
’
, , .
make the blue devils fly like hornets return to bed and trust ,
to God .
, silk .
As plump as a partridge .
nally .
’
It was the last straw that broke the camel s back .
President .
( Pro v xxix
.
’
Agur s prayer and the names of the books of t he Bibl e .
As clear as a bell .
As green as grass .
thin g
”
As black a s coal .
believe them
Lo o
k out for great danger when the pirate prays .
He that stays in the valley will never get over the hill .
’
To life s end is a great j ourney should you live to be ,
eighty years .
wi fe
.
’
A mother s love changes never .
get longer .
then they shy you at every corner When you ask them to .
n ity .
middle floor some on the garret The lower they start the
,
.
The family that talks all the time about good things to
eat have more stomach than brain and th o se that talk ,
”
The quickest way to kill a family is to put poison in the
'
c i a l l y on Sunday .
igal sons and daughters than over nice homes From these .
in favor of infidelity .
’
Mirth don t build hous es and don t su vey l a n ds but it ’
r
,
Every hill has its valleys ; ev ery obstacle has its valley .
.
252 B OO K O F P RO VE RB S .
I f you can not inspire a wom an with love for you fill ,
her above the brim with love for herself ; all that slops over
will be yours .
There is not a ma n ou
l
ha l f d o z en
-
of another
“
'
cu s s i on .
B OOK OF P ROVER BS . 53
s u g a r - co Old
bitter pills of untold hardship s in life .
as gold is tried by fi r e
'
( Bible ) .
, ;
he 18 as a dark cloud but so soon as God s light fr om above
,
’
g i ory .
25 4 B O OK OF PROVE RBS .
body well fed ; unless you see to this you must feel assured
that y ou will have s om e ip oo r and sickly parts of your body
and much trouble throu gh life .
’
Li fe s action t o a great extent is like a spoiled child
, ,
Riches
are facts that are wiped away in a very short
time but thoughts are facts that the ages of eternity will
,
As clear as crystal .
not they may contain germs that will sprout and change t he
world wrong .
” ”
B OOK OF P ROVE RBS . 25 7
Good friends are like good books they are equally ele
—
va t i n g .
m i nd .
258 B OOK OF PROV E RB S .
, ,
it
.
the stingy the liberal the brutal the literary the cultivated
, , , , ,
O h "
what
a privilege it is in our daily walks o f life
to be permitted to do a kindness to some on e that will shine
bri ghter and brighter even until the perfect day
o
‘
( W ebster )
Twilight comes broad like the hands of God The
, .
actions .
s harp.
restor ed
1
’
Don t tell people that they are getting fat or lean or , ,
"ou m ust
tell a wo m an that you love her all the ti m e ;
i t has a very good e ffect .
’
Don t talk over your troubles to your neighbors .
p ipe ; when enough mind has run out God stops the mem ~
ory gauge .
America .
.
.
T he\ha pp i e s t
most violent people
a nd on the face of
the earth are found i n"
I reland .
di ff erent tune .
”
-
of
the virtues .