COMMENTS ON CURRENT PROVERBS.
" Hear twice before 'you speak once," Unless it is a fellow inviting you " to take something." " The devil is not as black aa ho is painted." Then the next artist should use colours on him that won't fade. " Time is a file that wears and makes no noise." That accounts for his barelegged appearance. If he won't make and wear noise he should he made to wear something else. •' The longest day must have an end." So must the roundest hornet. " People who live in glass houses should never throw Btones." At them. " Half a loaf is better than none," and half a loafer is better than a whole one, so the law should allow men to cut them in two. " Care killed a cat." Every bedroom should be fitted out with a big assortment of care, of all sizeß, for use at night, during cat serenades. " Every dog has his day." And every Dey has his dog in Algeria. "A happy heart makes a blooming visage." So does poor whiskey. " A cat may look at a king." But she had better not back very heavily unless ahe has the other three. "A fool and his mother are soon parted." For Bome other fool takes them both in. " A miss is as good as a mile." If it is the right miss, Bhe is as good as two miles, of other girb.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7000, 1 November 1890, Page 3
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236COMMENTS ON CURRENT PROVERBS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7000, 1 November 1890, Page 3
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