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Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about home, contentment

Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

It is a disgrace to be praised by those who deserve no praise.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about praise

Every great thing only consists of many small particles united.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about things

Mules help to scratch each other. [The bad commend each other. ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about help, bad luck, bad

The passing hour is sometimes a mother, sometimes a stepmother.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about mother

In avoiding that which is evil I have found that which is good.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about good, good luck

He, who shareth honey with the bear, hath the least part of it.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

I would rather be in an apple-tree, than a bad man in distress.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about bad luck, bad, man

He is a wise man who accommodates himself to all circumstances.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about circumstances, man

It is ungentlemanly to lie; truthfulness becomes the gentleman.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about lie

It is not easy suddenly to cast aside a fancy long indulged in.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Drunkenness makes some men fools, some beasts, and some devils.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about drunkenness, devil, man

He who lives by medical treatment has but a wretched existence.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about existence

Desire of glory is the last garment that even wise men put off.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about glory, man

He getteth a great deal of credit, who payeth but a small debt.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

It is often better to go by a circuitous than by a direct path.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it yourself.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about wish, secret, contentment

When the tree is fallen, every one goeth to it with his hatchet.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about faith, nothing, contentment