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Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.

Proverbs and old sayings about time

Employees are the rungs on the ladder to success, don't hesitate to step on them.

Proverbs and old sayings about success

If you suspect a man, don't employ him, and if ypu employ him, don't suspect him.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man, contentment

If you suspect a man, don't employ him, and if you employ him, don't suspect him.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment, man

If you suspect someone, don't employ them; if you employ someone, don't suspect them.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

Strike while your employer has a big contract.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about employers, americans

None but the wise man can employ leisure well.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, man

Do not employ handsome servants.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Eight Immortals cross the sea, each employing his or her theurgy.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The safest antidote against sorrow is employment.

Proverbs and old sayings English about sadness

Why kill time when one can employ it?

Proverbs and old sayings French about time

Most men employ the earlier part of their life to make the other miserable.

Proverbs and old sayings French about life, man

He does not live in vain, who employs his wealth, his thought, his speech to advance the good of others.

Proverbs and old sayings about thinking, wealth, good, good luck

He who has money to throw away, let him employ workmen, and not stand by.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about money

A physician is an angel when employed, but a devil when one must pay him.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about angels, devil

He who knows not how to employ his leisure hath more cares on his mind than the most busy of busily-engaged men.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about mind, man

If you would grow poor without perceiving it, employ workmen and go to sleep.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about sleep, contentment

Better to be idle than ill employed.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish