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No soul can remain stagnant.
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A gossip scatters more ills than a pestilence.
* * * * *
'Tis useless to kill the serpent after she has laid her eggs.
* * * * *
The poison on the fang cannot injure till the snake strikes.
* * * * *
When the unctious priest wants to borrow he cries, 'Lend to the Lord.'
* * * * *
We should not blot out the sun because its rays will hatch the eggs of a
serpent.
* * * * *
The lion of the jungle seizes his prey by night. The lion of the city by
day; one is stripped to the bone, the other to the shirt.
* * * * *
Birds are charmed by snakes, women by beasts in human form. The glitter
of the eye subdues the one, the glitter of gold, the other.
* * * * *
Over the grave of each child which dies in the slums should stand a
tablet inscribed, "Died for want of sunlight and pure air." "Who stole
the land?"
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One tyrant dies that two may be born.
* * * * *
A wise man prefers virgin soil to a cultivated widow.
* * * * *
The bone of contention is never covered with sweet meat.
* * * * *
The woman is most lost who forgets her babe for the ball.
* * * * *
Self-righteousness can walk so straight that it leans backwards.
* * * * *
More women are drowned 'in the swim' than in mill ponds.
* * * * *
When death knocks at the door the servant answers, 'Not at home.'
* * * * *
A winged Cupid without a feather can soar higher than the pinioned
eagle.
* * * * *
He who seeks for spiritual rest in dogma will find only a bottomless
pit.
* * * * *
A wish from the heart travels beyond the blare of the loudest trumpet.
* * * * *
It is better to lavish your affections upon a faithful dog than upon an
unfaithful friend.
* * * * *
The poor man craves for bread--not logic
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