1614 American Proverbs / Page 44
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It is better to die young at home than to die old in a hospital.862.
It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand.863.
It is better to keep a wolf out of the fold than to trust drawing his teeth and talons after he shall have entered.864.
It is better to keep peace than to make peace.865.
It is better to know nothing than to half-know many things.866.
It is better to pay and have a little left than to have much and be always in debt.867.
It is better to sit with a wise man in prison than with a fool in paradise.868.
It is better to tell your money where to go than to ask where it went.869.
It is easy for a man in health to preach patience to the sick.870.
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.871.
It is easy to despise what you can't get.872.
It is easy to fool the young wolf.873.
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and in hell.874.
It is not as bad to believe a lie as to tell one.875.
It is not easy to straighten in the oak the crook that grew in the sapling.876.
It is not often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.877.
It is not the clothes that count, but the things the clothes cover.878.
It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.879.
It is one thing to get educated and another thing to keep educated.880.
It is sometimes best to burn your bridges behind you.