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POOR RICHARD'S ALMANACK.

13. A full belly is the mother of all evil.

14. A full belly makes a dull brain.

15. A good example is the best sermon.

16. A good lawyer, a bad neighbor.

17. A good man is seldom uneasy, an ill one never easy.

18. A house without woman and firelight, is like a body without soul or sprite.

19. A lean award is better than a fat judgment.

20. A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

21.* A lie stands on one leg, truth on two.

22. A life of leisure, and a life of laziness, are two things.

23. A light purse is a heavy curse.

24. A little house well fill'd, a little field well till'd, and a little wife well will'd, are great riches.

25. All blood is alike ancient.

26. All mankind are beholden to him that is kind to the good.

27.* All things are cheap to the saving, dear to the wasteful.

28.* All things are easy to industry, all things difficult to sloth.