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Title: Every life a delight
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Potts, James Henry, 1848-1942
Subjects: Conduct of life
Publisher: New York, Cincinnati, The Abingdon Press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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TALLEYRAND 171 Every Life A Delight WORLD-WIDE WISDOM To die in the last ditch, was first uttered by William ofOrange. Every tub must stand on its own bottom, is from Bunyan. Remedy worse than the disease, is from Bacon. Take the wrong sow by the ears, is from Ben Jonson. The moon is made of green cheese, is found in Rabelais. Too much of a good thing, represents Don Quixote. Virtue is her own reward, emanates from Dry den. It is an ill wind that blows no man good, is Shakesperean. The following proverbs represent the nations named: Great barkers are nae biters. Scotch. All bite the bitten dog. Portuguese. What three know, all know. Spanish. He gives twice who gives quickly. Roman. The absent are always in the wrong. French. He who owns a horse can borrow a horse. Welsh. The hardest step is over the threshold. Italian. Make thyself a sheep, and the wolf is ready. Russian. He that lives with cripples learns to limp. Dutch. A lean agreement is better than a fat lawsuit. Italian. 172
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HEART COMMUNION PART FOURTHTHE TENDER AFFECTIONS Happy they who hold their friends,As a magnet holds the steel; Worth inherent serves the endsOf Loves first and last appeal. The Tender Affections LOVE Love is the richest thing in the world. Without it wealth,power, fame, and sport would be but poverty itself. Love relieves the tension of power. Were there no affection,every ruler would be either a tyrant or a pigmy. Love is the fascination of fame. Human nature wants notonly to be known, but favorably known. Celebrity withoutesteem is the cemetery of comfort. Love is the zest of sport. Without affection pastime palesinto brutality. Just in proportion as warm Christian lovewaned the cruel old Roman arena flourished. Love enriches whatever it reaches. It is the very heart ofeverything that men covet. The most luxurious lust affordsno pleasure like unto the minutest joy of genuine love. Love institutes the charms of life. It makes existence dear,work easy, care endurable, association del

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