It is better to want what you have than to have what you want.

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Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't

Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't

Beauty is ten, nine of which is dressing.

Beauty is ten, nine of which is dressing.

The truth is no slander

The truth is no slander

Doubt makes the mountain which faith can move

Doubt makes the mountain which faith can move

The prayers of the wicked won't prevail.

The prayers of the wicked won't prevail.

Tide and time wait for no man

Tide and time wait for no man

The guilty catch themselves

The guilty catch themselves

Just staying one day ahead of yesterday

Just staying one day ahead of yesterday

Where there is love, there is no darkness.

Where there is love, there is no darkness.

You can't squeeze blood from a rock

You can't squeeze blood from a rock

Sweep before your own door first

Sweep before your own door first

Flattery will get you nowhere

Flattery will get you nowhere

Time is a great healer

Time is a great healer

Of all meat in the world drink goes down the best

Of all meat in the world drink goes down the best

Time, which strengthens friendship, weakens love.

Time, which strengthens friendship, weakens love.

If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die

If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die

When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you

When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you

A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste...

A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste...

If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove...

If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove...

Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a...

Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a...