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• If thou faint in the day of adversity thy strength is small.
  -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xxiv, 10...
• A wise son maketh a glad father. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs x, 1
• Remove not the ancient landmark. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xxii, 28; xxiii, 10
• Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
  -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xxvii, 1...
• Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
  -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xxxi, 29...
• Put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
  -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xxiii, 2...
• Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs vi, 6
• He that spareth his rod hateth his son. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xiii, 24
• A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
  -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xii, 10...