Wager.
1. A wager is a fool's argument.
2. My mother bade me be confident but lay no
wagers.
3. None but fools and knaves lay wagers.
4. 'Tis the remark of old cunning stagers,
That fools for arguments use wagers. Butler.
Wages.— Wagon.— Wailing.— Wait.
Wages.
1. He cannot lead a good life who serves with-
out wages. ItaL
2. Nature has laws and this is one — a fair day's
wage for a fair day's work. Bea,
Wag^n.
1. A wagon though drawn by oxen still moves
onward. Ger,
2. The empty wagon must make way for the full
one.
3. The wagon must go whither the horses draw
it. Dan, Wailing.
4. None can cure their harms by wailing them.
Shaks.
Wait.
1. All comes right to him who can wait. Fr,
2. An hour of triumph comes at last to them
who watch and wait.
3. Everything comes in time to him that can
wait. Fr,
4. For the hungry, " wait " is a hard word.
5. He that makes waits.
6. He that waits upon another's trencher, makes
many a light dinner.
7. He who can wait obtains what he wishes. ItaL
8. He who waits for another man's trencher
often dines in imagination (or with Duke Hum-
phrey). Fr.
9. He who waits for another man's platter has
a cold meal. Catalan,
Wake. — Walking. — Wall.
10. If he wait long enough the world will be his
own. Por,
11. If you have learnt to wait you may be Queen
of Sweden. Dan,
12. It is necessary to wait for the same man. Fr.
13. People count up the faults of those who keep
them waiting. Fr,
14. Seven never wait for one. Russian,
15. The auld aver may die waiting for new grass.
16. The future belongs to him who knows how to
wait. Russian,
17. To know how to wait is the great secret of
success. De Maistre,
18. To wait upon his preceptors and the aged is
the first point of honor and civility. Chinese,
19. Wait is a hard word to the hungry. Ger,
20. When you do not know what to do — wait.
Wake.
1. Wake not a sleeping dog.
2. Wake not a sleeping lion.
Walking.
I. 'Tis good walking till the blood appears in
the cheek but not the sweat on the brow. Sp.
Wall.
1. A white wall is the fooFs paper. Fr,^ Ital,
2. Bring your line to the wall, not the wall to
your line.
3. Hard with hard makes not the stone wall.
4. It is bad to lean against a falling wall. Dan,
. One may see through a wall if there is a hole
in it. Gtr.
6. The walls are the books of the poor. Punch.
7. The walls have ears and the plain has eyes.
M. Greek.
8. Walls have ears. Fr,^ Ger,, For,^ Dutch.
9. Walls sink and dunghills rise. Sp.^ For.
10. When a wall is cracked and lofty, its fall will
be speedy. Chinese.
11. White walls are fools' writing-paper.
Want, Wants.
1. Every one must speak of his wants be he
where he will. Don Quixote.
2. Everything goes to him who does not want it.
Fr.
3. Every want that stimulates the breast,
Becomes a source of pleasure when redrest.
Goldsmith,
4. He cannot provide for the wants of others
whose own are numerous and craving. Flutarch.
5. He is the nearest to God who has the fewest
wants. Dan.
6. He is not in want who has no desires. Latin.
7. He that gets forgets, but he that wants thinks
on.
8. He that wants the kernel must crack the nut.
Fr,^ Ger,y Dutch.
9. He who wants a good deal must not ask for
a little. Ital.
10. I will not want when I have and when I
ha'n't too.
Wares.
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11. It is hard baith to hae an' want.
12. Man wants but little here below nor wants
that little long. Goldsmith,
13. More than we use is more than we want.
14. Nothing makes men sharper than want.
Addison,
15. Of all the enemies of idleness, want is the
most formidable. Dr, Johnson,
16. On the ends of wants, wants grow.
17. The fewer our wants the nearer we resemble
the gods. Socrates,
18. The more one has the more one wants.
19. There is no woe like want.
20. To have no wants is money.
21. Want and necessity break faith and oaths.
Dan,
22. Want goes by such a one's door.
23. Want is the master of mankind.
Rev, Dr, Crowley,
24. Want is the mother of industry.
25. Want makes strife 'twixt man and wife.
26. Want too oft betrays the tongue to lies. Homer,
27. We lessen our wants by lessening our desires.
Labemus,
Wares.
1. Good ware makes a quick market.
2. Good ware was never dear. ItaL
3. Good ware easily finds a buyer. Plautus,
4. Good wares must sell bad ones. Ger,
5. Pleasing ware is half sold.
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Warn inc. — War.
6. Wares are good and bad, prices high and low.
Chinese,
7. When the wares are gone, shut up the shop
windows.
Warning.
1. A man that is warned is half armed.
2. A man warned is as good as two.
3. A man warned is half saved. Ger.
4. Forewarned — forearmed. /r.
5. He that gives time to resolve, gives time to
deny, and warning to prevent.
6. He was slain that had warning, not he that
took it.
7. The tempest threatens before it comes, houses
creak before they fall. Seneca.
War.
1. A foreign war is preferable to one at home.
Petrarch,
2. At the wars do as they do at the wars. Fr.
3. But war's a game, which, were their subjects
wise kings would not play at. Cowper,
4. Civil war is a hideous and repugnant thing.
Maga,
5. Even war is better than a wretched peace.
Tacitus.
6. Every milder method is to be tried before a
nation makes an appeal to arms. Kent,
7. Good kings never make war but for the sake
of peace.
War. 4ig
8. He that makes a good war makes a good
peace.
9. He that preacheth up war when it might well
be avoided, is the devil's chaplain.
10. He who has land has war. Ital,
11. In time of war the devil makes more room in
hell. Ger,
12. In war according to war. Fr.
13. In war it is best to tie your horse to a strange
manger. Dan,
14. In war reputation is strength. Elknborough.
15. In war-time there is pay for every horse. Ital,
16. It is a bad war from which no one returns.
Ger,
17. Mad wars destroy in one year the works of
many years of peace. Franklin,
18. Many return from the war who cannot give
an account of the battle. Ital.
19. Of all wars peace ought to be the end.
20. One war brings on another. Ger,
21. Talk of the war but do not go to it. Sp,
22. That war is only just which is necessary.
23. The fear of war is worse than war itself. Ital,
24. The hardest operation of war is to stop it.
25. There never was a good war nor a bad peace.
Franklin.
26. To die or conquer are the terms of war.
Homer,
27. War begun, hell unchained. Ital,
28. War gives no opportunity for repeatmg a mis-
take.
War.
29. War is a proceeding that ruins those who suc-
ceed.
30. War is death's feast.
31. War is no strife
To the dark house or the detested wife.
Shaks,
32. War is pleasure to him who does not go to
it. Ger,y Por.
11, War is the son of hell. Shaks.
34. War makes robbers and peace hangs them.
Fr., Ital.
35. War must be waged by waking men.
36. War ought to be neither dreaded nor pro-
voked. Latin.
37. War should be so managed as to remember
that the only end of it is peace. Cicero.
38. War to the knife. {Pola/ox's answer to the
French general at the siege of Saragoza^
39. War with all the world and peace with Eng-
land. Sp.
40. War's a brain-spattering, wind-pipe-slitting
art,
Unless her cause by right be sanctified.
Byron,
41. Wars bring scars.
42. When Greek meets Greek then comes the tug
of war.
43. When war begins hell's gates are set open.
44. When war is raging the laws are dumb. Cicero.
45. When you go to war every man you meet is
an emeniy ; — kill all. North American Indian.
46. Where money and counsel are wanting it is
better not to make war. Dan.
Washing.
1. All will come out in the washing. Don Quixote.
2. Dirty water does hot wash clean. Dan.
3. Foul linen should be washed at home. It.
4. It is a loss of soap 10 wash the ass's head.
{Applied to advice given to a fool.) Sp.
5. People should wash their linen in private.
6. Seemed washing his hands with invisible soap,
In imperceptible water. Hood.
7. The laundress washeth her own smock first.
8. The spot will come out in the washing.
9. They who do not wash well do not bleach
well. Dan.
10. Wash your dirty linen at home.
11. Wash your hands often, your feet seldom, and
your head never.
Waste.
1. After one that earns comes one that wastes.
Dan,
2. Building and the marrying of children are
great wasters.
3. Burning the candle at both ends.
4. He sprinkles incense on a dunghill.
5. Nae wonder to see wasters want.
6. Save at the tap and waste at the bung-hole.
7. To burn out a candle in search of a pin.
8. To dig with golden spades.
9. Wasting is a bad habit, sparing a sure in-
come. Dutch,
10. Waste makes want.
11. Waste not want not.
12. Wilful waste brings woeful want.
Watching.
1. A good watch prevents misfortune.
2. A watched pan is long in boiling.
3. Good watch prevents misfortune.
4. Harm watch harm catch.
5. To him who watches everything is revealed.
6.Who watches not, catches not. Dutch,
Water.
1. A glass of water is sometimes worth a tun of
wine. Ital,
2. Brackish water is sweet in a drought. J\?r,
3. Can a house be burned down with hot water?
Tamil,
4. Drinking water neither makes a man sick,
nor in debt, nor his wife a widow.
5. Far water does not put out near fire. Ital,
6. Foul water will quench fire.
7. From a pure source pure water comes. Latin,
8. From smooth (or still) water God preserve
me ; from rough (or running) I will preserve myself.
9. He who would have clear water must go to
the fountain head. Ital,
Water.
10. However foul it be, never say, " Of this water I
will not drink. " Sp.
11. If you want clear water draw it from the
spring. Por.
12. In still water are the largest fish. Dan.
13. In still water the worms are worst. Dan.
14. It is prophet drink (water). Dutch.
15. No safety wading in unknown water.
16. Of spilt water there is little to be gathered
up. Benjonson.
17. On dry land even brackish water is good. Sp.
18. Running water carries no poison. Hal.
19. Shallow waters make most din.
20. Smooth runs the water where the brook is
deep. Shaks,
21. Smooth waters run deep.
22. Stagnant water grows stinking. Ger.
23. Still water breeds vermin. Hal.
24. Still waters run deep. Ger.^ Dutch^ Dan.
25. The water breaks where it is not expected.
Ital.
26. The water is so strong it requires too
whiskies. Donegal.
27. The water runs while the miller sleeps. Dan.
28. The water that bears the boat is the same
that swallows it up. Chinese.
29. There is no worse water than that which
sleeps. Fr.
30. Under water famine, under snow bread.
31. Water comes to the mill from afar. Por,
Way.— Ways. — Way of the World.
32. Water is less dreaded than fire, yet fewer
suffer by fire than by water. Chinese,
33. Water is the best of all things. Greek.
34. Water is the least valued among things exist-
ing, and the most valued among things wanted.
Hebrew.
35. Water is the strongest drink, it drives mills.
Ger.
36. Water run by, will not turn a mill. Ital.y Sp.
37. Water washes everything. Por.
38. We never know the worth of water till the
well is dry.
39. What water gives, water takes away. Por.
40. Where the water is shallow no vessel will
ride.
41. Where water has been, water will come again.
Ger.
Way.
1. The way to Babylon will never bring you to
Jerusalem.
2. The way to make ourselves admired is to be
what we expect to be thought. Socrates.
3. The way to rise is to obey and please.
Ben Jonson.
4. There is no short cut of a way, without some
ill away.
Ways.
I. There are more ways to the wood than one.
Way of the World.
1. He that falls all the world runs over. Ger.
2. He that's down, " Down with him ! " cries the
world.
3. He who is in the mud likes to pull another
into it. Sp.
4. If a man once fall all will tread on him.
5. It is na " what is she," but " what has she."
6. No man is willing to own him who is out of
the good opinion of the world.
7. Now that I have a sheep and a cow every-
body bids me good-morrow.
8. Now that I have a sheep and a lamb every-
body says, " Good-morrow, Peter." Sp,
9. One starts the hare, another bags it. Sp,
10. People take more pains to be damned than
to be saved.
11. The tinsel, glitter, and the specious mien
Delude the most, few pry behind the scene.
Phcedrus,
12. The world is naturally averse to all the truth
it sees or hears,
But swallows nonsense and a lie with greedi-
ness and gluttony. Butler,
13. There is little difference (in the eye of the
world), in being nought and in being thought so.
14. This is a world of scandal and like wolves we
fall on the wounded. Crowley,
15. When a man is down everybody runs over
him. Ger,
16. When a man is going down-hill, everybody
gives him a kick ; when a man is going up-hill, every
body gives him a lick.
17. When a man is not liked whatever he doth is
amiss.
18. When a man lays the foundation of his own
ruin, others will build on it. Fielding,
19. When a tree is falling, every one cries,
" Down with it ! " Ital.
20. When the wagon is tilting everybody gives it
a shove. Dan.
21. " Who are you for? " " I am for him I get
most by."
22. Who arrays himself in other men's garments
is stripped on the highway. Sp,
Weak.
1. In the fray the weak are strong. Ital,
2. To be weak is to be miserable.
Weakest.
1. The weakest goes to the wall. Shaks.
2. The weakest must hold the candle. Fr,
Wealth.
1. A great estate is not gotten in a few hours. 7o^.
2. A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a
great misfortune.
3. A great fortune is a great slavery.
4. A man has no more goods than he gets good
by.
5. A man of wealth is a slave to his possessions.
Tamil,
6. A man's wealth is his enemy.
7. A wealthy man errs with impunity. Latin.
8. Among men some have their virtue concealed
by wealth, and some their vices by poverty. Theganis.
9. Command your wealth, else that will com-
mand you.
10. Devotion and wealth are seldom united. Ger.
11. Fathers their children and themselves abuse,
That wealth, a husband, for their daughters
choose. Fielding.
12. Great wealth and content seldom live to-
gether.
13. Great wealth, great care. Dutch,
14. Great wealth makes us neither more wise nor
more healthy.
15. I wot well how the world wags; he is most
loved who has most bags.
16. If you would be wealthy, think of saving as
well as of getting. Franklin,
17. 111 fares the land to hastening ills a prey.
Where wealth accumulates and men decay.
Goldsmith,
18. Of lawful wealth the devil takes the half ; of
unlawful the whole and the owner too. Turk,
19. One man's wealth is often many men's ruin.
Maga,
20. Real wealth consists not in having but in not
wanting.
21. Talent and poverty, wealth and stupidity,
usually dwell together. Latin,
22. The greatest wealth is contentment with a
little.
23. The loss of wealth is loss of dirt,
All sages in all times assert.
The happiest man's without a shirt.
John Haywood.
24. The lust of wealth can never bear delay.
Juvenal,
25. The secret of wealth lies in the letters
SAVE.
26. The truest wealth is that of the understand-
ing.
27. The wealth of the mind is the only true
wealth. Greek,
28. Wealth and content do not always live
together.
29. Wealth and honors can never cure a wounded
conscience.
. 30. Wealth breeds a pleurisy, ambition a fever,
liberty a vertigo, and poverty is a dead palsy. Gaelic.
31. Wealth conquered Rome after Rome had
conquered the world. Petrarch.
32. Wealth is best known by want.
33. Wealth is liberty and liberty is a blessing
fittest for a philosopher. Swift.
34. Wealth is not his who makes it but his who
enjoys it. ItaL
35. Wealth is stepmother to virtue. Ger,
36. Wealth is timid.
37. Wealth like an index reveals the character of
men. Latin.
38. Wealth like rheum falls upon the weakest
parts.
39. Wealth maketh many friends. Bible.
40. Wealth maketh worship.
41. When wealthy, show thy wisdom not to be
To wealth a servant, but make wealth serve
thee. Denham,
42. Where there is wealth friends abound.
Weapon
1. A weapon is an enemy even to its owner. Turk,
2. A wigh^t man ne'er wanted a weapon.
3. They who fight with golden weapons are
pretty^sure to prove their right. Dutch.
4. Weapons bode peace.
Wear.
I. It is better to wear out, than to rust out.
Bishop Home.
Weather.
1. A foul morn may turn to a fine day.
2. A green Christmas makes a fat church-yard.
3. A right easterly wind is very unkind.
4. A misty morning may have a fine day.
5. After cl6uds a clear sun. Latin.
6. After clouds clear weather.
7. An evening red and a morning gray,
Is a sign of a fair day.
8. Change of weather is the discourse of fools.
9. Dry overhead, happy.
10. Expect not fair weather in winter from one
night's ice.
11. Fair weather cometh out of the north. Bible,
12. Good signs of rain don't always he'p de young
crops. American Negro,
13. Hail brings frost with its tail.
14. If St. Within weep, that year the proverb says,
The weather will be foul for forty days.
15. If the weather is fine put on your cloak ; if it
rains, do as you please. Fr,
1 6. If there be neither snow nor rain,
Then will be dear all sorts of grain.
17. In the wane of the moon a cloudy morning
bodes a fair afternoon.
18. It never thunders but it rains.
19. Never mind the weather, so the wind don't
blow.
20. No weather is ill if the wind be still.
21. On a hot day, muffle yourself the more. Sp.
22. Praise a fine day at night. Ger,, Dan.
23. Rain comes after sunshine, and after a dark
cloud, a clear sky. Dan.
24. The dirt bird (or dirt owl) sings, we shall
have rain,
25. The full moon brings fair weather.
26. 'Tis pity fair weather should do any harm.
27. To a child, all weather is cold.
28. When the wind is in the east.
It's neither good for man nor beast ;
When the wind is in the south.
It's in the rain's mouth ;
When the wind is in the west.
The weather's at the best.
Wedding Ring.
I. O, how many torments lie in the small circle
of a wedding ring. Colley Cibber.
Wedge.
1. A blunt wedge sometimes does what a sharp
axe will not.
2. A knotty piece of timber must have smooth
wedges.
3. Blunt wedges rive hard oaks. Sha^s,
4. Knotty timber requires sharp wedges.
5. One wedge drives another. Ger,^ Turk.
6. There goes the wedge where the beetle drives
it.
Weeds.
1. A good garden may have some weeds.
2. He that bites on every weed may light on
poison.
3. Ill weeds are not hurt by frost. Sp,, For.
4. Ill weeds grow apace. Fr,^ ItaL, Dutch,
5. Ill weeds grow the fastest and last the long-
est. Dan.
6. Most subject is the fattest soil to weeds. "
Shaks.
7. No garden without its weeds. —
8. One ill weed spoils a whole pot of pottage.
9. The frost hurts no weeds.
10. The weeds overgrow the corn.
11. Weeds never die. Ger.^ Dan.
12. Weeds want no sowing. —■
Weeping.
1. He who has much weeps as well as he who
has little. M, Greek.
2. He who loves you well makes you weep, and
he who hates you may make you laugh.
3. He who weeps from his heart will provoke
tears even from the blind. Russian.
4. Onions can make heirs and widows weep.
5. The thatched cottage where one is merry is
preferable to a palace where one weeps. Chinese.
6. There is a certain kind of pleasure in weep-
ing. Ovid.
7. To weep overmuch for the dead is to affront
the living.
8. When the vulture dies the hen does not weep.
Ger.
9. Who has none to still him may weep out his
eyes.
Weigh.
I. Weigh right and sell dear.
Weight.
1. Weight and measure save a man toil. *S^.
2. Weight and measure take away strife.
Welshman.
-^ I. The older the Welshman, the more madman.
2. The Welshman would rather see his dam on
her bier,
Than see a fair Februeer.
3. The Welshman keeps nothing until he has
lost it.
Welcome.
1. As welcome as snow in summer.
2. As welcome as water in a leaking ship.
3. As welcome as water in one's shoe.
4. Do not out-stay your welcome.
5. He is as welcome as snow in harvest.
6. He is as welcome as the first day in Lent.
Dutch.
7. He who brings is welcome. Ger.
8. Leave welcome a-hent you.
Well.— " Well, Well. "—Weli>doing. a 77
9. New come, welcome, Ger,, Dan,
10. Such a welcome, such a farewell.
11. They are welcome that bring.
12. Welcome ever smiles and farewell goes out
sighing. Shaks,
13. Welcome is the best cheer. ^
14. Welcome is the best dish in the kitchen.
15. Who comes seldom is welcome. Ital.
Well.
1. A well which is drawn from is improved. {Art
is improved by practice,) Latin,
2. Cast no dirt in the well that gives you water.
3. Dig a well before you are thirsty. (Be pre-
pared for emergencies,) Chinese,
4. Drawn wells are seldom dry.
5. Drawn wells have sweetest water. *^
6. It is a bad well into which one must put
water. Ger., Dutch^ Dan.
7. It is wretched business to be digging a well
just as thirst is mastering you. Plautus,
8. The more the well is used the more water it
yields, Ger,
9. When the well is dry we know the worth of
water. Franklin,
«« Well, WeU. -
I. "Well, well," is a word of malice.
Well-doing.
1. Be not weary in well-doing.
2. Better to do well late than never.
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there is something noble in hearing one's self
ill spoken of when one is doing well. Alexander.
Well-wisher.
I. A well-wisher sees from afar. Sp.
Wheel.
1 . A fifth wheel to a cart is but an incumbrance.
Sp.
2. Crazy wheels run longest. Gcr,
3. It is the best spoke in your wheel.
4. It is the small wheels of a carriage that come
in first.
5. Put a spoke in his wheel.
6. The hind wheel of a carriage will pass where
the fore wheel has passed. Turk,
7. The wheel that turns gathers no rust.
M, Greek.
8. The worst wheel creaks most. Fr.^ Ital.
Wherries.
I. Wherries should not put out to sea.
Whip.
1. A whip for a fool and a rod for a school is
always in good season.
2. An old coachman loves the crack of a whip.
Ger,^ Dutch.
3. He who does not whip the child does not
mend the youth. Sp.
4. Let them whip me in the market-place pro-
vided it be not known at home. Sp.
Whipping.
I. De wost whipping dat a fellow gets is from
de man what doan w^ant to fight. American Negro.
Whisper. — Wickedness.
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2. Whipping a man over another's shoulders.
3. Whipping the devil around the stump.
Whisper.
1. A whisper separateth chief friends.
2. He who whispers lies. Dan,
3. Many a thing whispered into one ear is
heard over the whole town. Dan,
4. Never whisper in company.
5. The whisperer's tongue is worse than the ser-
pen t 's ve n om . Latin,
6. What is whispered in your ear is often heard
a hundred miles off. Chinese,
7. What is whispered in your ear tell not to your
husband. Sp,
8. Where there is whispering there is lying. ^
Wickedness.
1. A wicked companion invites us all to hell.
2. A wicked man's gift has a touch of his master.
3. A wicked man is afraid of his own memory.
4. A wicked man is his own hell. {And his pas-
sions and lusts the fiends that torment him.)
5. He that has led a wicked life is afraid of his
own memory.
6. He that rebuketh the wicked getteth a blot.
Bible.
7. He that worketh wickedness by another is
wicked himself.
8. He who helps the wicked repents it before
long. Phcedrus,
^^6 Wickedness.
9. If you associate with the wicked you will be-
come wicked yourself. Menandtr.
10. Never wicked man was wise. Homer.
11. No man was ever wicked without secret dis-
^ content. Rambler,
12. The conversation of the wicked is a fountain
of mischief. Cingalese,
13. The majority are wicked. Greek.
'^ 14. The success of the wicked entices many more.
Fkadrus,
15. The sure way to wickedness is through wicked-
ness. Seneca.
16. The triumphing of the wicked is short. Bible.
17. The wicked alone are active. Burke.
18. The wicked are snared in the work of their
own hands. Bible.
19. The wicked ears are deaf to wisdom's call.
Homer.
^ 20. The wicked ever hate vice in others.
21. The wicked find it easier to unite for war,
- than* for concord in peace. Tacitus.
22. The wicked grow worse and good men better
from troubles.
23. The wicked heart never fears God but when
" it thunders.
24. The wicked man lives to eat and drink, but
the good eats and drinks to live. Plutarch.
25. The wicked shun the light as the devil shuns
the cross. Dutch.
26. The wickedness of a few b the calamity of
all. Syrus.
Widow.
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27. "There is no peace," saith the Lord unto the
wicked, Bible.
28. To accuse the wicked and defend the wretched
is an honor. CUero.
,,---^29, Wicked men cannot be friends, either among
i^themselves or with the good. Socrates.
30. Wicked men will ever live like rogues, and
not fall to work but be lazy and spend victuals.
Bacon.
31. Wickedness is its own greatest punishment.
JSyrus.
32. Wickedness proceeds from the wicked. { 7"^
oldest recorded proverb^ Bible.
33. Wickedness with beauty is the devil's hook
baited,
34. Woe be to the wicked, and woe be to them ,
that cleave to them and to their neighbors that live
near them.
Widow.
1. A buxom widow must be either married,
buried, or shut up in a convent. Sp,
2. A good occasion for courtship is when the
widow returns from the funeral.
3. A rich widow weeps with one eye and laughs
with the other, Por.
4. Few persons turn gray because their husbands
die.
5. He that marries a widow and three children
marries four thieves.
6. He that marries a widow and two daughters
has three back doors to his house.
438
Wife.
7. He that marries a widow will often have a
dead man's head thrown in his dish. Sp.
8. He that woos a maid must seldom come in
sight,
But he that woos a widow must woo her day
and night.
9. If a stock fish became a widow it would fatten.
10. In the widow's house there's no fat mouse.
Oriental.
11. Long a widow weds with shame.
12. Never marry a widow unless her first husband
was hanged.
13. The rich widow's tears soon dry. Dan.
14. 'Tis dangerous marrying a widow, because
she has cast her rider.
. 15. To diminish his substance is not the part of
a man but of a widow woman. Cato,
16. Widows are always rich.
17. Woo the widow whilst she is in weeds. Ger,
Wife.
1. A bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.
Ger.
2. A bad wife wishes her husband's heel turned
homeward and not his toe, Dan,
3. A barren wife makes a dear and interesting
friend. {To those who are looking for her husband's
money after his death,) Juvenal.
4. A brilliant daughter makes a brittle wife.
DuUh.
5. A brown lass is gay and cleanly.
Wife. ^^g
6. A child's bird and a boy's wife are well used.
7. A cross-grained woman and a snappish wom-
an take care of the house. Dan,
8. A fair wife without a fortune is a fair house
without furniture.
9. A faithful wife becomes the truest and the
lenderest friend. Savage,
10. A faithless wife is the shipwreck of a house.
Zatin,
11. A foolish wife drives her husband from his
country. Ger,
12. A good wife and health are a man's best
wealth.
13. A good wife is a good present. Hebrew,
14. A good wife is the best household furniture.
Ger.
15. A good wife is worth gold. Ger,
16. A good wife makes a good husband.
17. A grunting horse and a groaning wife seldom
fail their master.
18. A gude yeoman makes a gude woman.
19. A house ready made, and a wife to make. Fr,
20. A house well furnished makes a good house-
wife.
21. A light wife doth make a heavy husband.
Shaks,
22. A man can never thrive who has a wasteful
wife.
23. A man can only find real delight in one wife.
Hebrew,
440 ^*^*-
24. A man lifts his wife to his own rank. ( Woman
uplifts her husband to the dignity of her own character^
Maga,
25. A man must ask his wife's leave to thrive.
26. A man of sense rarely behaves very ill to a
wife who deserves very well. Fielding,
27. A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife.
28. A man without a wife, a house without a roof.
Ger.
^ 29. A man without a wife is a man without care.
30. A nice wife and a back door,
Do often make a rich man poor.
31. "A paradise in which hogs feed," is a beauti-
ful woman with an ugly husband.
32. A poor man who takes a rich wife has a ruler,
not a wife. Greek.
33. A prudent wife is from the Lord. Bible.
34. A rich wife is the source of quarrel.
35. A rouk-town is seldom a good wife at home.
36. A shoemaker's wife and a smith's mare are
always the worst shod.
37. A vicious wife and an untoward sow no laws
can govern. Chinese.
^^. A wife is a young man's mistress, a middle
aged's companion, an old man's nurse. Bacon.
39. A wife speaks and spurs. Hebrew.
40. A world of comfort lies in the one word, wife.
Knowles.
41. A young wife is an old man's post-horse to
the grave. Ger.
Wife.
441
42. A young wife should be in her house but a —
shadow and an echo. Chinese.
43. h young woman married to an old man must
behave like an old woman.
44. All are good maids, but whence come the bad —
wives ?
45. " All freight lightens," said the skipper, when —
he threw his wife overboard. Ger.
46. All other goods by fortune's hand are given,
A wife is the peculiar gift of heaven. Pope.
47. An expensive wife makes a pensive husband. "^
48. An obedient wife commands her husband.
49. A old man married to a young wife is full of
inquietude.
50. An old woman is a very bad bride, but a very —
good wife. Fielding,
51. An unscolded wife, like an uncut millstone,
does not go easily. Roumanian.
52. Anxiety and need make the old wife trot. Ger,
53. As the good man saith, so say we,
But as the good wife saith, so it must be.
54. As the market goes, wives must sell.
55. As you would have a daughter, so choose a «-
wife. Ital.
56. Bare walls make gadding housewives.
57. Better a portion in a wife than with a wife.
58. Better be an old man's darling than a young
man's slave.
59. Better no wife than a foolish one. Ger.
60. Blind men's wives need no paint.
442
Wife.
6 1. By seeming to gie Roger a* the rule,
Round your finger you may turn the fool.
62. Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.
63. Choose a wife raiher by your ear than 3'our
eye.
64. Choose cloth by its edge, and a daughter by
her mother. Turk.
65. Choose neither a woman nor linen by candle-
light Sp.
66. Discreet wives have neither eyes nor ears.
Ger,
67. Discreet wives have sometimes neither eyes
nor ears.
68. Do you carry the trough, husband, and I will
carry the sieve, which is as heavy as the devil. Sp,
69. Empty rooms make giddy housewives. Fr,
70. Everybody knows where his own shoe pinches.
{The remark of an ancient Roman when asked why fi€
had separated from so excellent a wife^
71. Every man has a good wife and a bad trade.
ItaL
72. Few take wives for God's sake, or for fair
looks.
73. Fire, water, and a bad wife are three great
evils. Ger,
74. For a good dinner, and a gentle wife, you can
afford to wait. Dan,
75. For a wife and a horse go to your neighbor.
ItaL
j^6. For whom does the blind man's wife adorn
herself.? Sp,
Wife.
443
77. Give your wife the short knife and keep the
long one yourself. Dan.
78. Grief for a dead wife lasts to the door.
Ital,^ For.
v«^9. Happy is the wife who is married to a mother-
less son.
80. Happy the man that hath a beautiful wife ;
his days shall be increased. Hebrew,
81. He draws a good wagonful into his farm
who gets a good wife. Dutch.
82. He fasts enough whose wife scolds all din-
ner time.
83. He that abides a curst wife need not fear
what company he liveth in.
84. He that goes a great way for a wife is either
cheated or means to cheat.
85. He that has a wife has a master.
«-^. He that has no wife chastises her well ; he
that has no children rears them well. ItaL
87. He that hath a white horse and a fair wife
never wants trouble.
88. He that hath a wife and children halh given
hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to
great enterprises either of virtue or mischief. Bacon,
89. He that hath a wife and children must not
sit with his fingers in his mouth.
90. He that hath a wife and children wants not
business. Herbert,
91. He that hath a wife is sure of strife. Fr,
92. He that kisses his wife in the market-place
shall have enough to teach him.
y
444
Wife.
93. He that loseth his wife and sixpence hath
lost a tester.
94. He that loseth his wife and a farthing hath a
great loss of a farthing.
95. He that takes not up a pin slights his wife.
96. He that tells his wife news is but lately mar-
ried.
97. He that will not be ruled by his dame must
be ruled by his step-dame.
98. He that would have a beautiful wife should
choose her on a Saturday. Sp.
\^^^^* He who does not honor his wife dishonors
himself. Sp.
100. He who has a bad wife can expect no happi-
ness. Sp.
1 01. He who has a good wife can bear any evil.
Sp.
102. He who has a handsome wife, a castle on the
frontier, or a vineyard on the roadside, is never with-
out war. Sp,
103. He that has no wife is for threshing her daily,
but he that has one takes care of her. Sp,
104. He who takes a wife takes a master. Fr.
105. He would be quartermaster at home if his
wife would let him.
106. Him that has a good wife no evil in life
That may not be borne can befall ;
Him that has a bad wife no good thing in life
Can chance that good you may call.
107. Hold your tongue, husband ; let me talk that
have all the wit.
Wife.
445
1 08. How much the wife is dearer than the bride.
Lord Lyttkton.
109. How shall a virtuous wife her husband sway ?
The secret lies in one short word — obey.
. no. Husband, don't believe what you see but what
I tell you.
111. Husbands are in heaven whose wives chide
not.
112. I received money with her, and for the dowry
have sold my authority. Plautus,
113. I thought I had no husband and I eat up the
stew. Sp,
114. If the wife sins the husband is not innocent.
Ital.
115. If thou desirest a wife choose her on a Satur-
day rather than on a Sunday.
116. If you make your wife an ass she will make
you an ox.
117. If you want to thrash your wife ask her for a
drink of water in the sun. {To find fault with its
P'irity:) ^ Sp.
118. If your wife is little stoop to her. . Hebrew.
119. In buying horses and taking a wife, shut your
eyes and commend yourself to God. Ital,
120. In the rich woman's house she always com-
mands, he never. Sp,
121. It fares ill with the house where the distaff
commands the sword. .S^., Por.
122. It is a good horse that never stumbles and a
good wife that never grumbles.
446
Wife.
123. It is a sour reek when the good wife dings the
good man.
124. It is a sweet sorrow to bury a termagant wife.
125. It is said the wife of a mat-maker died on the
bare ground. Tamil,
126. It is sometimes right to obey a sensible wife.
Servian,
127. Live on good terms with your wife. Cingalese.
128. Look after your wife, never mind yourself,
she'll look after you. London Truth,
129. Make not a toil of pleasures, as the man said
when he buried his wife.
130. Many blame the wife for their own thriftless
life. Scotch,
131. Mills and wives are ever wanting.
132. Neither reprove nor flatter thy wife where any
seeth or heareth it. - Dutch,
133. Ne'er seek a wife *till you have a house and a
fire burning.
134. Ne'er seek a wife 'till you know what to do wi'
her.
._i35. Next ^ to no wife a good wife is best.
136. No fellow is so poor that he has not a wife on
his arm. Ger,
137. Of all the plagues the greatest is untold,
The book-learned wife in Greek and Latin
bold. Shaks,
138. Of earthly goods the best is a good wife,
A bad the bitterest curse of human life.
Simonides,
Wife.
447
139. Of your wife and tried friend believe nothing
but what you know for certain. Sp.
140. Oh, that all olive trees would bear such fruit ! >^
{Exclamation of Socrates at seeing the body of a scold-
ing wife hanging to a limb of an olive tree,)
141. One God, one wife, but many friends. Z>«/r^ ^
142. Prudent men choose frugal wives. Ger.
143. Refuse a wife with one fault and take one ^
with two. Welsh,
144. Saith Solomon the wise, " A good wife 's a
good prize."
145. She hath broken her elbow at the church
door. {Applied to a lazy wife,)
146. She stayed at home and spun her wool. {An _,
epitaph on a good wife,)
147. She that hath an ill husband shows it in her
dress.
148. Smoke, raining into the house, and a scolding ^-
wife will make a man run out of doors.
149. Smoke, rain, and a scolding wife are three
bad things in a house. Dan.
150. Sorrow and an evil life maketh soon an old
wife.
151. Strife is the dowry of a wife. Ovid, -■
152. Take a vine of a good soil, and a daughter
of a good mother.
153. That wife is an enemy who is given to a man
in marriage against her will. Plautus.
154. The ancient saying is no heresy.
Hanging and wiving go by destiny. Butler, ^"^
448
WiFB.
155. The best furniture in a house is a virtuous
woman.
156. The blind man's wife needs no painting.
157. The calmest husbands make the stormiest
^ wives.
158. The cunning wife makes her husband her
apron.
159. The dead wife and the living sheep, make a
man rich. Ger.
160. The death of your first wife made such a hole
" in your heart that all the rest slip through.
161. The economic wife is too wise to let the moth
of fortune shed its silk without winding it round her
finger. Chinese.
162. The first wife is a broom, the second a lady. Sp.
163. The first wife is a servant, the second a lady.
Ger.
\&^, The first wife is matrimony, the second com-
pany, the third heresy. ItaL
165. The gods alone know what kind of a wife a
man will have. Juvenal,
166. The good or ill hap, of a good or ill life.
Is the good or ill choice of a good or ill wife.
167. The married life of a woman of the working
class is now a lease of woe. Bea,
168. The nobleman finds a wife easier than the
peasant. Ger,
,4/169. The old wife, if she do not serve for a pot,
serves for a cover. Sp,
170. The poor white man has no wife to grind his
corn. {Mills in that country are unknown^ Abyssinian.
Wife.
449
171. The sum of all that makes a just man happy
consists in the well choosing of his wife. Massinger.
172. The wife abroad, the maid at the window. Ger,
173. The wife is the key of the house. Ger.
174. The wife lives with the heart, the husband — --
with the head. Ger,
175. The wife of the shoemaker never has whole "^
shoes. Ger.
176. The wife wears the breeches, /. e. rules the -^
husband,
177. The wife that expects to have a good name
Is always at home as if she were lame ;
And the maid that is honest her chiefest de-
light
Is still to be doing from morning to night.
^^78. The wife that loves the looking-glass hates ^
the saucepan.
179. The wife is the keeper of her husband's soul. ^^*
Arabian.
180. There is many a good wife that can't sing and -^
dance well.
181. There is nothing a man of good sense dreads
in a wife so much as her having more sense than
himself. Fielding.
182. There is nothing worse on earth than the wife
become the master. Ger.
183. There is one good wife in the country, and'
every one thinks he hath her.
184. There was a wife that kept her supper for her
breakfast an' she was dead or day.
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450
Wife.
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185. Three duels he fought, thrice ventured his life.
Went home and was cudgelled again by his
wife. Swift
186. Three things are rare; a good melon, a good
friend, and a good wife, Ger,
187. 'Tis a precious thing when wives are dead.
To find such numbers who will serve instead.
Crabbe.
^' 188. Tis hard to wive and thrive both in a year.
189. 'Tis a sweet sorrow to bury a termagant wife.
190. To choose a wife, two heads are not enough.
Ger.
191 . To " Get out of my house, " and ** What do you
want with my wife ?'* there is no answer. Don Quixote.
192. To misfortune and a wife, one easily comes.
Ger.
193. Two cocks in one house, two cats and a mouse.
An old man and a young wife,
Are always in strife. Dutch.
194. Two good days for a man in this life :
When he weds, and when he buries his wife.
195. " Use great prudence and circumspection,"
says Lord Burleigh to his son, " in choosing a wife."
196. What is there that beats a good wife? A
bad husband. Punch,
197. What the good wife spares, the cat eats.
198. What's my wife's is mine.
199. When the wife dies, and the mare foals pros-
perity increases. Ger.
200. When the wife rules the house, the devil is
man-servant. Gtr.
Wild-oats.
45 1
201. When the wife is asleep the basket is asleep
also. N Hebrew.
202. Who has a handsome wife must have more
than two eyes. Ger,
203. Who has a horse out of a good stall and a
wife out of a poor house, comes out well. Ger,
204. Who has an office, finds readily a wife. Ger. -
205. Who has a bad wife, his hell begins on earth.
Dutch.
206. Who has a bad wife, is poor in the midst of
riches. Ger,
207. Who hath a scold hath sorrow to his sops.
208. Who takes a rich wife sells his freedom. Ger,
209. Who takes a wife sells his peace. Ger,
210. Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and
obtaineth favor of the Lord. Bible,
211. Whoso is tired of happy days, let him take a
wife. Dutch,
212. Wife and children are bills of charges.
213. Wisdom in the man, patience in the wife,
brings peace to the house.
214. Wives may be merry and honest too. Shaks, -
215. Wives must be had, be they good or bad. -"
216. You may beat the devil into your wife but
you'll never bang him out again.
217. Your wife and nag get from a neighbor. Ital,
218. Your wife and the sauce at the lance hand
(right hand), Sp,
Wild-oats.
I. Every man must sow his wild-oats.
452
Wilful. — Will.
2. Happy is he who hath sowed his wild-oats
betimes.
3. The bread of repentance we eat is often made
of the wild-oats we sow in our youth.
Wilful.
1. A wilful man had need be very wise.
2. A wilful man never wants woe.
3. As wilful as a pig that will neither lead nor
drive.
WUL
1. A man's will is his heaven. Dan.
2. A man who will can do more than ten who
must. G^.
3. A power over a man's substance amounts to
a power over his will. Hamilton in the Federalist.
4. A will is wealth's last caprice. Bulwer.
5. Everything depends on will in this world.
6. Good table, bad will. For.
7. He may make his will upon his nail for any-
thing he has to give.
8. He that complies against his will is of his
own opinion still. Butler.
9. He that doeth what he will, doth not what he
ought.
10. I owe much, I have nothing; I bequeath the
rest to the poor. Rabelais.
1 1. None want judgment to confirm their will. .
J^e.
12. Naething is difficult to a well-willed manr
13. Self will burn in hell. Ger.
14. Take the will for the deed.
Willing. — Willows. — Wind.
453
15. The will does it. Ger.
16. The will gives the work its name. Ger.
17. The will is everything. Ital.
18. The will is taken for the deed. Fr.
19. The will is the soul of the work. Ger,
20. To him that wills ways are not wanting.
21. When the will is prompt the legs are nimble.
Ital.
22. When there's a will there's a way.
23. When you cannot what you will, will what
you can. M, Greek.
24. Where the will is ready the feet are light.
25. Where there is no want of will there will be
no want of opportunity. Sp,
26. Where there is a will there is a way. ItaL^ Sp.
27. Will is power.
28. Will is the cause of woe.
29. Will without reason is blind, and against rea-
son is mad.
30. Ye maun take the will for the deed.
WiUing.
1. He that cannot is always willing. ItcU,
2. He that will does more than he can. Por,
WiUows.
I. Willows are weak yet serve to bind other
wood. Ital.
Wind.
1. A little wind kindleth a great fire, a great one
putteth it out.
2. As the wind blows seek your shelter.
454
Wind.
3. As the wind blows you must set your sail.
4. Blow the wind ever so fast, it will lower at
last.
5. Every wind does not shake down the nut. Ital.
-^ 6. Every wind is against a leaky ship. Dan.
7. He that weighs the wind must have a steady-
hand.
8. High winds blow on high hills.
9. If the wind do blow aloft, then of wars we
shall hear oft.
10. If the wind will not serve take to the oars.
Latin.
11. If the wind blows it enters every corner.
Arabian.
1 2. 111 blows the wind that profits nobody. Shaks.
13. It came wi* the wind, let it gang wi* the water.
14. It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.
15. It is an ill wind that blows no good to Corn-
wall.
16. North wind show de cracks in de house.
American Negro.
17. One can't hinder the wind from blowing. Fr,
18. The wind does not always blow from the
same quarter. Ger.
19. The wind is not in your debt though it fill
your sail.
20. The wind that blows out candles kindles the
fire.
21. When the wind serves, all aid.
22. Wind and fortune are not lasting. Sp,y Par.
Wine. 455
23. Wind in the face makes a man wise. Fr,
24. Wind puffs up empty bladders, opinion fools.—
Socrates.
Wine.
1. Excess of wine neither keeps secrets nor per-
forms promises. Don Quixote,
2. Good wine is milk for the aged. Ger,
3. Good wine makes a bad head and a long
story.
4. Good wine makes good blood. ItaL
5. Good wine makes the horse go. Fr,
6. Good wine needs no bush.
7. Good wine needs no crier.
JtaL^ Ger,^ Sp,, For,, Dutch,
8. Good wine praises itself. Dutch,
9. Good wine ruins the purse and bad the
stomach. Ger,
10. He that drinks not wine after salad is in
danger of being sick.
11. He who hangs out a branch wants to sell his
wine. ^ Sp,
12. I like best the wine drunk at the cost of .
others. Diogenes,
13. If the landlady's fair, the wine too is fair. Ger,
14. In the looking-glass we see the form, in wine
the heart. GeK
15. Inflaming wine dulls the noble mind. Homer,
16.. It is a good wind that blows a man to his''
wine. Washington Irving,
17. No matter what the vessel is so the wine in it
be good.
456 Wine.
i8. O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast
no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.
Shaks.
19. Of what use is the cup of gold if ^e wine be
sour ? Ger.
20. Of wine the middle, of oil the top and of
honey the bottom is best.
21. Old wood to burn, old wine to drink. Bacon.
22. Passion makes a man a beast, but wine
makes him worse.
23. Physic makes you first sick, then well ;
Wine first makes you well, then sick.
24. Since the wine is drawn it must be drunk. JFr.
25. Sometimes the lees are better than the wine.
26. Spilt wine is worse than water.
— . 27. Strong is the vinegar of sweet wine. Itai.
28. Sweet wine makes sour vinegar. Ger.
29. The best wine has its lees. JFr.
30. The counsels that are given in wine
Will do no good to thee or thine.
31. The sourest vinegar comes from the sweetest
wine. Ger.
32. The wine given to your workman is that for
which you get the best paid. I^r,
33. The wine is not known by the hoops. JFr.
34. The wine skin has its reason for smelling of
pitch. Par,
35. There is a devil in every berry of the grape.
Koran.
Wine.
457
36. There is no one so wise that wine does not
make him a fool. Ger,
37. There is no such witness as a good measure
of wine. Sp,
38. Thick wine is better than clear water. ItaL
39. Truth and folly dwell in the wine cask. Dan,
40. When the beer (or wine) goes in the wit goes ^
out. Dutch^ Dan,
41. When the wine is in the man, the wit is in
the can. Dutch,
42. When the wine's in, the wit's out...
ItaLy For,, Dutch, Dan,
43. When wine enters modesty departs. ^-
44. When wine sinks words swim.
45. Where the best wine grows the worst is
drank. Ger,
46. Where wine goes in, modesty goes out.
ItaL, Ger,
47. Who prates of war or want, after his wine !
Horace,
48. Wine and youth are fire upon fire. —
49. Wine carries no rudder. Latin.
50. Wine enters the stomach and business grows
ripe in the brain. Chinese.
51. Wine ever pays for his lodging.
52. Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.
Syrus,
$Z- Wine in the bottle doth not quench the thirst.
54. Wine is a turn-coat, first a friend, then an
enemv.
458
W INK.— Winning.
55. Wine is the blood of devils. Manes the Persian.
56. Wine is the master's, but the goodness is the
drawer's.
57. Wine poured out is not wine swallowed. Fr.
58. Wine that costs nothing is digested ere it be
drank.
59. Wine upon b^er is very good cheer,
Beer upon wine consider with fear. Ger.
60. Wine washes off the daub.
61. Wine wears no breeches: 1. ^., discloses the
man, Fr,^ Sp.
62. Wine will not keep in a foul vessel. Fr,
63. You drink water when you have wine at your
elbow.
Wink.
1. A wink is as good as a nod to a blind man.
2. He that winketh with one eye and seeth with
the other,
I would not trust him though he were my
brother.
3. Who would regard all things complacently
must wink at a great many. Dutch.
4. Wink at wee faults, your ain are meikle.
Winning.
1. Easy won is easy lost. Ger.
2. Too light winning makes the prize light
3. Win a bet (or game) of your friend and drink
it on the spot. Sp.^ Par.
4. Win at first and lose at last.
5. Win by persuasion and not by force. Latin.
Winter. — Wisdom.
459
6. Win it and wear it.
7. Win your way by yielding to the tide. Pope,
8. Who would win must learn to bear. Ger,
Winter.
1. After winter spring will come. Hans Andersen.
2. Winter finds out what summer lays up.
3. Winter is summer's heir.
4. Winter never rots in the sky.
5. Winter thunder makes summer wonder.
6. Winter weather and women's thoughts often -^
change.
7. Winter's thunder and summer's flood,
Never boded Englishman good.
8. There is winter enough for the snipe and —
woodcock too.
Wisdom.
1. Affectation of wisdom often prevents us from ^
becoming wise.
2. A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.
3. An ounce of luck is worth a pound of wisdom.
Fr.
4. An ounce of wisdom is worth a pound of wit. "^
5. By wisdom wealth is won,
But riches purchased wisdom yet for none.
Bayard Taylor.
6. Both folly and wisdom come upon us with -
years.
7. He is oft the wisest man who is not wise at
all. Wordsworth.
8. He is well onward in the way of wisdom, who —
can bear a reproof and mend by it.
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9. In youth and beauty wisdom is but rare.
10. It is a great point of wisdom to find out one's
own folly.
11. It is a mark of wisdom to dislike folly.
12. Itls best to learn wisdom by the experience
of others. Latin.
13. It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life.
Cicero.
14. Learn wisdom by the folly of others. ItaJ.
15. Man's chief wisdom consists in knowing his
^ follies. Rochefoucauld.
16. Many appear wise who are fools in folio. Ger.
17. My son, thou knowest not how little wisdom
goeth to the management of the world.
TTie Painter Rubens.
18. Of money, wit and wisdom, believe one fourth
of what you hear,
19. No man is blest by accident or guess,
True wisdom is the price of happiness.
Young,
20. That is good wisdom which is wisdom in the
end. Dutch.
21. The greatest wisdom in man consists in know-
ing his follies, Fr.
22. The next thing to having wisdom ourselves is
to profit by that of others.
23. The only jewel which you can carry beyond
the grave is wisdom. Langford,
24. Tis altogethef vain to learn wisdom and yet
live foolishly.
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25, 'Tis wisdom sometimes to seem a fool. "
j6. Too much wisdom is folly. Ger.
27. Well goes the case where wisdom counsels,
38. What is not wisdom is danger.
zg, When passion entereth at the foregate, wisdom -
goeth out at the postern.
30. When wisdom fails luck helps. Dan.
31. When one is wise two are happy.
31. Wisdom adorns riches and shadows poverty.
SgcraUs.
33. Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile.
Shaks.
34. Wisdom and honor are the avenues to a happy
immortality. Plato.
35. Wisdom asks fruits but folly flowers.
36. Wisdom at proper times will forget. Horace.
37. Wisdom don't always speak in Greek and
38. Wisdom goes not always by years,
39. Wisdom in a poor man is a diamond set in
lead.
40. Wisdom in the mind is belter than money in
the hand. Cingalese.
41. Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay
dear for it.
41. Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
Knowledge is proud that he knows so much.
Cou'per.
43, Wisdom is more to be envied than riches.
44. Wisdom is better than gold or silver. Ger,
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45. Wisdom 18 neither inheritance nor legacy.
46. Wisdom is only in truth. Goethe.
47. Wisdom is overshadowed by wine.
Pliny the Elder.
48. Wisdom is the conqueror of fortune. Juvenal.
49. Wisdom is the least burdensome travelling
pack. Dan.
50. Wisdom is the mother of all atts. Ger.
51. Wisdom is the sunlight of the soul. Ger.
52. Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the
body. Rochefoucauld.
53. Wisdom never lies. Homer.
54. Wisdom prefers an unjust peace to a just war.
55. Wisdom provides things necessary not super-
fluous. Sohn.
56. Wisdom rides on the ruin of folly.
57. Wisdom sometimes walks in clouted shoes.
58. Wisdom was the daughter of Knowledge by
Reflection ; Wit was the son of Genius by Mirth.
59. Wisdom without knowledge is mere cozen-
age. Benjonson.
Wise.
1. A single conversation across the table with a
wise man is better than ten years* study of books.
Chinese.
2. A wise man adapts himself to circumstances
as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.
Chinese.
3. A wise man, a strong man, Ger.
