There is hardly any malignity so intolerable ^^^H
that it may not be overcome by repeated favors. ^^^^|
Dim. ^^H
^^^1
1.
A fence lasts three years, a dog lasts three ^^^|
fences, a horse three dogs, and a man three horses. ^^^H
^H
a.
A great man's entreaty is a command. Sp. ^^^H
3-
A great man's foolish sayings pass for wise ^^^H
ones.
^^^H
4-
A great man is one who affects his generation. ^^^^H
^^H
S-
A great man will not trample on a worm nor ^^^^H
sneak
to an emperor. ^^^H
6.
A handsome man is not quite poor. ^Sp. ^^^H
7-
A great man must be happy in a state of ^^^H
slavery as well as in a state of freedom. Plato. ^^^^|
8.
A man among children will be long a child^ ^^^^H
A child among men will be soon a man. ^^^^H
9-
A man apt to promise is apt (o forget. ^^^^H
6 Man.
10. A man as he manages himself, may die old at
thirty or yoiing at eighty.
11. A man at five may be a fool at fifteen.
12. A man at sixteen will prove a child at sixty.
13. A man can do no more than he<:an.
14. A man can know nothing of mankind without
knowing something of himself. Bea.
15. A man canna bear a' his ain kin on his back.
16. A man cannot both ring the bell and walk in
the procession. Sp.
17. A man cannot leave his wisdom and his ex-
periencie to his heirs.
18. A man cannot live by the air.
19. A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
20. A man conducts himself abroad as he has
been taught at home. Dan,
21. A man does not look behind the door unless
he has stood there himself.
22. A man far from his good is near his harm.
23. A man has two ears and one mouth that he
hear much and speak little. Ger.
24. A man in distress or despair does as much as
ten.
25. A man is a lion in his own cause.
26. A man is a man though he have never a cap
to his crown.
27. A man is bound by his word and an ox by a
hempen cord. Dan,
28. A man is little the better for liking himself
if nobody else like him.
Man. >j
29. A man is not a lord because he feeds off fine
dishes.
30. A man is not always asleep when his eyes are
shut.
31. A man is not better than his conversation. .
Ger.
32. A man is not good or bad for one action.
33. A man is not known till he cometh to honor.
Dutch.
34. A man is not so soon healed as hurt.
35. A man is valued according to his own esti-
mate of himself.
36. A man is one who is faithful to his word«
Turk.
37. A man is weal or woe, as he thinks himself
so.
38. A man like a watch is to be valued for his
goings.
39. A man may be more vigorous than his luck,
or he may be more bending than his good. Chinese.
40. A man may be strong and yet not mow well.
41. A man may be young in years yet old in
hours.
42. A man may hap to bring home with him what
makes him weep. Sp.
43. A man may hold a candle to enlighten the
people so as to bum his own fingers.
44. A man may live upon little but he cannot live
upon nothing.
45. A man may love his house and yet not ride
on the ridge.
g Man.
46. A man must plough with such oxen as he
hath.
47* A man must take as the spoon gives. Ger.
48. A man of words and not of deeds
Is like a garden full of weeds.
49. A man should take as companion one older
than himself. Wolofs (Afrua).
50. A man should never be ashamed to own that
he has been in the wrong ; it is but sajdng, '* I am
wiser to-day than yesterday." Pope.
51. A man's best things are nearest him,
Lie close about his feet. Houghton.
52. A man takes his own wherever he finds it.^.
53. A short man needs no stool to give a long
lubber a box on the ear.
54. A short man and a long dinner. Fr.
55. A tall man is a fool. Aristotle.
56. A wise and good man can suffer no disgrace.
Diogenes.
57. According to the worth of the man is the
worth of his land. Fr.
58. All men have their price. Walpole.
59. All men think all men mortal but themselves.
Young.
60. All men think their enemies ill men.
61. An old man hath the almanac in his body.
Ital.
62. An old man in a house is a good sign.
63. An old man never wants a tale to tell.
64. An old man's sayings are seldom untrue.
Man. g
65. * * Best men are moulded out of faults
And, for the most become much more the
better
For being a little bad. Shaks.
66. Every man has his lot and a wide world before
him. Dan.
67. Every man has his value. Fr.
68. Every man hath his own planet.
69. Every man hath his weak side.
70. Every man his own is not too much. Dan.
71. Every man his way.
72. Every man is dearest to himself. Gir.
73. Every man is important in his own eyes
And believes himself important to the public.
Dr. Johnson.
74. Every man is not bom with a sUver spoon in
his mouth.
75. Every man is occasionally what he ought to
be perpetually.
76. Every man is the architect of his own for-
tune. Ger.^ Dan,
77* Every man is the best interpreter of bis own
words. Ger.
78. Every man is the son of his own works. .S^.
79. Every man judges of others by himsell Latin.
80. Every man likes his own praise best. Dem.
8i. Every man must eat a peck of dirt before be
dies.
82. For a man a word is sufficient. 7\irk,
83. For a man, what needs words of blame ? a
look is enough. Turk.
IQ Man.
84. Forget not that you are a man. Latin.
85. He is a man who acts like a man. Dan,
86. He is not a man but the vaults of a bath, he
makes an echo to what you say. Turk,
87. He that would rightly understand a man must
read his whole story.
88. Man carries his superiority inside, animals
theirs outside. Russian.
89. Man is a two-legged animal without feathers.
Plato,
90. Man is a wolf to man. Plautus,
91. Man is an animal that cooks his victuals.
Burke.
92. Man is an animal that writes. Homer.
93. Man is born to do good. Greek.
94. Man is born to trouble as the sparks fly up-
ward. Bible.
95. Man is harsher than iron, harder than stone,
and more delicate than a rose. Turk,
96. Man is the merriest species of the creation.
Addison.
97. Man learns to be wise by the folly of others.
Turkish Spy.
98. Man over man he made not lord. Milton.
99. Man proposes and God disposes.
Fr.^ Ger,^ Sp.^ Por.^ Dan.y Dutch.
100. Man raises, but time weighs. M. Greek,
101. Man's extremity, God's opportunity.
102. Man's inhumanity to man makes countless
thousands mourn. Bums,
Man. II
103. Man wrongs and time avenges.
104. Men and beasts are all alike. Chinese.
105. Men are as the time is. Sluiks.
106. Men are blind i' their ain cause.
X07. Men are but children of a larger growth.
Dryden.
108. Men are neither suddenly rich nor suddenly
good. Libcmius,
109. Men are not to be measured by inches. ^
no. Men are rare.
111. Men can bear all things except good days. -
Dutch.
112. Men in society notwithstanding the diversity
of their fortunes, depend the one upon the other.
Fr.
1 13. Men like cattle follow him who leads. Byron.
114. Men may bear 'til their backs break. —
115. Men may blush to hear what they were not
ashamed to act.
116. Men may live fools, but fools they cannot
die. Young,
117. Men must sail while the wind serveth. Dutch.
118. Men never think their fortune too great, nor
their wit too little.
119. Men of wit and parts need never be driven to
indirect courses. Otway.
120. Men take less care of their conscience than
their reputation.
121. Men talk wisely but live foolishly.
122. Men that have much business must have much
pardon.
12 Good Man.
123. No living man all things can. Fr*
124. No man is born wise or learned.
125. No man is more than another unless he does
more than another. Dan Quixote.
126. No man is so tall that he need never stretch
and none so small that he need never stoop. Dan.
127. No man is the worse for knowing the worst
of himself.
128. No man likes to be surpassed by men of his
own level. Uvy.
129. One man is another's devil. Ger.
130. One man is no man. ( We are mutually depend-
ent.) Greek.
131. One man is not bad because another is good.
Dan.
132. One man often talks another off his bench and
seats himself on it. Dan.
133. The man always feasts. Turk.
Good Man.
1. A good man is better than anything else.
Cingalese.
2. A good man is no more to be feared than a
sheep.
3. A good man should rather his virtuous ac-
tions went unrewarded than his bad ones unpun-
ished.
4. A good man will as soon run into a fire as a
quarrel
5. A good man will requite a gift, an ill man
will ask for more.
Good Man.
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6. A good man will take care of his horses and
dogs, not only while they are young, but when old
and past service. Plutarch.
7* A good man's pedigree is little hunted up. ^
Sp.
8. Examine not the pedigfee, nor the patrimony
of a good man.
9. Good men are a public good.
10. Good men but see death, the wicked taste it.
Ben Jonsan.
11. Good men must die, but death cannot kill
their names.
12. Good men want the laws only for their de-
fence.
13. He's a good man, whom fortune makes bet-
ter.
14. It is a sign of a good man, if he grow better
by commendation.
15. It is the property of a good man to do great
and good things, though he risk ever3rthing by it.
Metillus,
16. Make much of one, good men are scarce.
17. The good are better made by ill,
As odors crushed, are sweeter still. 5. Rogers.
18. The good man is always rich.
Maxim of the Stoics.
19. The good man is the last who knows what is
amiss at home.
20. The good man will avoid the spot of any sin.
Benjonson.
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Bad Man.
\
Bad Man.
1. A bad man becomes worse when he apes a
saint. Syrus.
2. A bad man has it not in him to be a great
man. La Bruyire,
3. A bad man's gift is like his master. Sp.
4. A good horse and a bad horse need the spur.
A good man and a bad man need the stick.
Ital.
5. Better fare hard with good men, than feast
with bad.
Manliness.
I. Frowning and fierceness do not prove manli-
ness. Yorubas {Africa),
