A proverb was defined, on one occasion as the wisdom of many and the wit of one. The following wise and witty sayings are common as proverbs in various countries: Habits are at first cobwebs, at last cables. Things don’t turn up. They must be turned up. Economy is the easy chair of old age. The promised land is the land where one is not. —English. Lock your door and keep your neighbors honest. Please yourself and you’ll please somebody.—Scottish. Live in my heart and pay no rent. Never scald your lips with another man’s porridge. —Irish. Opportunities, like eggs, come one at a time. All the world's a camera—look pleasant, please.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 December 1922, Page 10
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