"Collier's Cyclopedia Of Commercial and Social Information
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Complied by Nugent Robinson - P.F. Collier Publishers
Latin sayings
Nisi Dominus frustra -Unless the Lord assist you, all your efforts are in vain.
Concordia res parvae crescunt - Small things increase by union.
English proverbs
A burden one chooses in not felt.A contented mind is a continual feast.
A good name keeps its luster in the dark.
A libertine's life is not a life of liberty.
A lie has no legs but scandal has wings.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
An ounce of mother wit is worth a pound of clergy.
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
A single fact is worth a ship load of argument.
As welcome as flowers in May.
Be slow to promise and quick to perform.
Good words cost nothing, but are worth much.
Keep a thing seven years and you will find a use for it.
Kindness like grain, increases by sowing.
Never fish in troubled waters.
The guilty mind needs no accuser.
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