A gossip scatters more ills than a pestilence.

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’Tis useless to kill the serpent after she has laid her eggs.

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The poison on the fang cannot injure till the snake strikes.

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When the unctious priest wants to borrow he cries, ‘Lend to the Lord.’

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We should not blot out the sun because its rays will hatch the eggs of a serpent.

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The lion of the jungle seizes his prey by night.  The lion of the city by day; one is stripped to the bone, the other to the shirt.

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Birds are charmed by snakes, women by beasts in human form.  The glitter of the eye subdues the one, the glitter of gold, the other.

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Over the grave of each child which dies in the slums should stand a tablet inscribed, “Died for want of sunlight and pure air.”  “Who stole the land?”

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One tyrant dies that two may be born.

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A wise man prefers virgin soil to a cultivated widow.

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The bone of contention is never covered with sweet meat.

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The woman is most lost who forgets her babe for the ball.

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Self-righteousness can walk so straight that it leans backwards.

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More women are drowned ‘in the swim’ than in mill ponds.

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When death knocks at the door the servant answers, ‘Not at home.’

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A winged Cupid without a feather can soar higher than the pinioned eagle.

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He who seeks for spiritual rest in dogma will find only a bottomless pit.

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A wish from the heart travels beyond the blare of the loudest trumpet.

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It is better to lavish your affections upon a faithful dog than upon an unfaithful friend.

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The poor man craves for bread—­not logic.

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A woman without love is a tree without sap.

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The plutocrats, like the Catholics, thrive on curses.

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Good advice is an atom; good deeds the universe.

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The beautiful seraph makes the most dangerous fiend.