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PROVERB

IT'S BETTER TO SUFFER ILL THAN TO DO ILL.

Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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PROVERB

ALL FEAR IS BONDAGE.

Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT IF YOU'RE AFRAID, YOU'RE NOT AS FREE TO TAKE
RISKS.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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PROVERB

ONLY THE DEAD SHOULD DO NOTHING.

Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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PROVERB

VIRTUE IS ITS OWN REWARD.

Submitter comment: ONE SHOULD BE VIRTUOUS FOR THE SAKE OF BEING VIRTUOUS.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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PROVERB

PRIDE COSTS US MORE THAN HUNGER, THIRST, OR COLD.

Submitter comment: SOME PEOPLE WON'T LET YOU FEED THE, OR WARM THEM, OR GIVE THEM
DRINK BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO PROUD. THEY MIGHT END UP STARVING
BECAUSE OF IT.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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PROVERB

PRIDE IS THE SWORN ENEMY TO CONTENT.

Submitter comment: THIS IS PROBABLY SELF-EXPLANATORY.

Data entry tech comment: FINAL WORD SHOULD BE "CONTENTMENT."

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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PROVERB

SOUND (OR TRUE) LOVE IS NOT SOON FORGOTTEN.

Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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PROVERB

IF YOU MOCK THE LAME, YOU WILL GO SO YOURSELF.

Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T MAKE FUN OF ABNORMAL PEOPLE. YOU
MIGHT BE LIKE THEM SOME DAY.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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PROVERB

NOTHING IS EASY TO THE UNWILLING.

Submitter comment: SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING AND REGARD EVERYTHING
AS DIFFICULT.

Data entry tech comment: BEING UNWILLING MAKES ANYTHING MORE DIFFICULT.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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PROVERB

HE WHO HAS NOTHING IS FRIGHTENED BY NOTHING.

Submitter comment: IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO BE TAKEN OR TO BE LOST, YOU SHOULD NOT
BE AFRAID.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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PROVERB

AN UNLAWFUL OATH IS BETTER BROKEN THAN KEPT.

Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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PROVERB

ONE HOUR TODAY IS WORTH TWO TOMORROW.

Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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PROVERB

HE WHO IS ASHAMED OF POVERTY BEARS IT ILL.

Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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PROVERB

KNOWLEDGE IS NO BURDEN.

Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT KNOWLEDGE CAN ONLY HELP YOU AND NOT HINDER YOU.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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PROVERB

KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT PRACTICE MAKES BUT HALF AN ART.

Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT YOU MUST STRIVE TO KEEP WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED IN
ORDER TO CULTIVATE KNOWLEDGE.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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PROVERB

MANY THINGS ARE LOST FOR WANT OF ASKING.

Submitter comment: MEANS YOU MUST SPEAK UP FOR WHAT YOU WANT.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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PROVERB

WHAT IS LEARNED YOUNG IS HARD TO LOSE.

Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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PROVERB

HE WHO GOES TO SEA WILL LEARN TO PRAY.

Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT SEA LIFE IS HARD AND PRAYER GIVES ONE SECURITY.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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PROVERB

CHARITY AND PRIDE BOTH FEED THE POOR.

Submitter comment: THIS MEANS THAT THOSE WHO ARE KIND MAY GIVE THE POOR FOOD OR THE
POOR MAY GET IT THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO PROUD TO TAKE IT.

Data entry tech comment: ANOTHER INTERPRETATION: CHARITY AND PRIDE ARE BOTH THE MOTIVES
OF THOSE WHO FEED THE POOR.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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PROVERB

FEW MEN AND MUCH MEAT MAKE A FEAST.

Submitter comment: THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 05-09-1972

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