1614 American Proverbs / Page 31
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Fair words butter no cabbage.602.
Fairest gems lie deepest.603.
Faith begins where reason stops.604.
Faith is that quality which enables us to believe what we know to be at least far out.605.
Faith is the vision of the heart.606.
Fall not out with a friend for a trifle.607.
False friends are worse than open enemies.608.
Falsehood is a nettle that stings those who meddle with it.609.
Falsehood is the darkness of faith.610.
Fame is longer than life.611.
Fate can be taken by the horns, like a goat, and pushed in the right direction.612.
Fear is a fine spur; so is rage.613.
Fear no man, and do justice to all men.614.
Feather by feather a goose is plucked.615.
Feed a cold, starve a fever.616.
Feed sparingly and defy the physician.617.
Fences mean nothing to those who can fly.618.
Few believe to err is human and to smack, divine.619.
Few things are easy to the unwilling.620.
Fidelity is a noble virtue, yet justice is nobler still.