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• A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.
  -- Spanish proverb...
• A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, his next to escape the censures of the world.
  English Proverb...
• Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. Italian Proverb
• The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. Portuguese Proverb
• Let us not say, Every man is the architect of his own fortune
  but let us say, Every man is the architect of his own character. -- George Dana Boardma...
• When your neighbor's house is on fire, carry water to your own. Italian Proverb
• Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. -- New Testament -- Romans xiv, 5
• O bei o brut se spusen tut. [Beautiful or ugly, every one get married.
  ] -- Dialectal Italian Proverb...
• Like Aesop's fox, when he had lost his tail, would have all his fellow foxes cut off theirs.
  -- Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- Anatomy of Melancholy, Democritus to the Reade...