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Featured Artist June 2009: Nick Fortunato (start) http://tinyurl.com/lzr8dt
June 1, 2009 6:57am via web

• 1733. Courteous Reader. Never spare the Parson's wine, nor the Baker's pudding.
  June 1, 2009 4:22pm via web
• Kings & Bears often worry their keepers.
  June 1, 2009 8:28pm via web
• Tongue double, brings trouble.
  June 1, 2009 9:29pm via web
• 1734. Courteous Reader. What one relishes, nourishes.
  June 2, 2009 8:15am via web
• If you ride a Horse, sit close and tight, If you ride a Man, sit easy and light.
  June 2, 2009 9:51am via web
• Happy's the Wooing that's not long a doing.
  June 2, 2009 12:15pm via web
• Strange, that he who lives by Shifts, can seldom shift himself.
  June 2, 2009 2:48pm via web
• As Charms are nonsense, Nonsense is a Charm.
  June 2, 2009 4:07pm via web
• He that waits upon Fortune, is never sure of a Dinner.
  June 2, 2009 5:48pm via web
• Hot things, sharp things, sweet things, cold things All rot the teeth, and make them look like old things.
  June 2, 2009 8:47pm via web
• 1735. Courteous Reader. By diligence and patience, the mouse bit in two the cable.
  June 3, 2009 8:18am via web
• A Lie stands on 1 leg, Truth on 2.
  June 3, 2009 11:26am via web
• The cunning man steals a horse, the wise man lets him alone.
  June 3, 2009 12:19pm via web
• Three may keep a Secret, if two of them are dead.
  June 3, 2009 1:51pm via web
• Nothing but Money, Is sweeter than Honey.
  June 3, 2009 4:04pm via web
• Pain wastes the Body, Pleasures the Understanding.
  June 3, 2009 5:05pm via web
• The King's cheese is half wasted in pairings; but no matter 'tis made of the peoples milk.
  June 3, 2009 6:17pm via web
• What's given shines, What's receiv'd is rusty.
  June 3, 2009 9:18pm via web
• 1736. Loving Readers. He that lives upon Hope, dies farting.
  June 4, 2009 8:13am via web
• He that has neither fools, whores nor beggars among his kindred, is the son of a thunder gust.
  June 4, 2009 9:40am via web
• Three things are men most liable to be cheated in, a Horse, a Wig, and a Wife.
  June 4, 2009 11:33am via web
• Gifts burst rocks.
  June 4, 2009 12:52pm via web
• There's more old Drunkards than old Doctors.
  June 4, 2009 2:14pm via web
• Lovers, Travellers, and Poets, will give money to be heard.
  June 4, 2009 4:14pm via web
• Diligence is the Mother of Good-Luck.
  June 4, 2009 5:24pm via web
• Let thy maid-servant be faithful, strong, and homely.
  June 4, 2009 6:58pm via web
• She that paints her Face, thinks of her Tail.
  June 4, 2009 9:13pm via web
• 1737. Courteous and Kind Reader. The Master piece of Man, is to live to the purpose.
  June 5, 2009 8:12am via web
• He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities.
  June 5, 2009 9:32am via web
• Love, Cough & a Smoke, can't well be hid.
  June 5, 2009 11:40am via web
• At the working man's house hunger looks in but dares not enter.
  June 5, 2009 12:57pm via web
• If you have time don't wait for time.
  June 5, 2009 2:16pm via web
• A Traveller should have a hog's nose, deer's legs, and an ass's back.
  June 5, 2009 3:49pm via web
• Three good meals a day is bad living.
  June 5, 2009 5:15pm via web
• 1738. Dear Readers. The ancients tell us what is best; but we must learn of the moderns what is fittest.
  June 6, 2009 8:13am via web
• Read much, but not many Books.
  June 6, 2009 10:00am via web
• Great talkers should be cropt, for they've no need of ears.
  June 6, 2009 11:33am via web
• As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
  June 6, 2009 1:20pm via web
• Write with the learned, pronounce with the vulgar.
  June 6, 2009 3:14pm via web
• Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.
  June 6, 2009 5:28pm via Twitter for iPhone
• Let thy vices die before thee.
  June 6, 2009 8:05pm via Twitter for iPhone
• 1739. Kind Reader. Industry need not wish.
  June 8, 2009 8:25am via web
• Historians relate, not so much what is done, as what they would have believed.
  June 8, 2009 9:34am via web
• He that falls in love with himself, will have no Rivals.
  June 8, 2009 11:11am via web
• Let thy Discontents be Secrets.
  June 8, 2009 1:34pm via web
• Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
  June 8, 2009 2:59pm via web
• Thou canst not joke an Enemy into a Friend; but thou may'st a Friend into an Enemy.
  June 8, 2009 4:48pm via web
• A Man of Knowledge like a rich Soil, feeds If not a world of Corn a world of Weeds.
  June 8, 2009 5:46pm via web
• Pay what you owe, and you'll know what's your own.
  June 8, 2009 7:53pm via web
• When Death puts out our Flame, the Snuff will tell, If we were Wax, or Tallow by the Smell.
  June 8, 2009 9:40pm via web
• Rather go to bed supperless, than run in debt for a Breakfast.
  June 8, 2009 11:02pm via web
• 1740. Courteous Reader. An empty Bag cannot stand upright.
  June 9, 2009 8:06am via web
• Many a Meal is lost for want of meat.
  June 9, 2009 9:17am via web
• The Poor have little, Beggars none; the Rich too much, enough not one.
  June 9, 2009 10:34am via web
• Who knows a fool, must know his brother; For one will recommend another.
  June 9, 2009 1:09pm via web
• When you speak to a man, look on his eyes; when he speaks to thee, look on his mouth.
  June 9, 2009 2:46pm via web
• Man's tongue is soft, and bone doth lack; Yet a stroke therewith may break a man's back.
  June 9, 2009 4:17pm via web
• Promises may get thee Friends, but Nonperformance will turn them into Enemies.
  June 9, 2009 6:33pm via web
• Observe all men; thy self most.
  June 9, 2009 8:11pm via web
• Fear not Death; for the sooner we die, the longer shall we be immortal.
  June 9, 2009 9:40pm via web
• 1741. Courteous Reader. Honours change Manners.
  June 10, 2009 8:20am via web
• Learn of the skilful: He that teaches himself, hath a fool for his master.
  June 10, 2009 9:52am via web
• Be always asham'd to catch thyself idle.
  June 10, 2009 11:41am via web
• Don't overload Gratitude; if you do, she'll kick.
  June 10, 2009 2:09pm via web
• No Wood without Bark.
  June 10, 2009 4:35pm via web
• If you would keep your Secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.
  June 10, 2009 6:11pm via web
• Rob not for burnt offerings.
  June 10, 2009 8:59pm via web
• At 20 years of age the Will reigns; at 30 the Wit; at 40 the Judgment.
  June 10, 2009 10:30pm via web
• 1742. Courteous Reader. Men meet, mountains never.
  June 11, 2009 8:25am via web
• Speak and speed: the close mouth catches no flies.
  June 11, 2009 10:44am via web
• Those who have nothing to trouble them, will be troubled at nothing.
  June 11, 2009 1:00pm via web
• He that hath a Trade, hath an Estate.
  June 11, 2009 2:33pm via web
• He that sows thorns, should not go barefoot.
  June 11, 2009 4:45pm via web
• After Fish, Milk do not wish.
  June 11, 2009 5:41pm via web
• You will be careful if you are wise; How you touch Men's Religion, or Credit, or Eyes.
  June 11, 2009 7:59pm via web
• He that speaks ill of the Mare, will buy her.
  June 11, 2009 9:34pm via web
• Death takes no bribes.
  June 11, 2009 10:43pm via web
• 1743. Friendly Reader. The sleeping Fox catches no poultry. Up! up!
  June 12, 2009 8:15am via web
• Sorrow is dry.
  June 12, 2009 11:25am via web
• Content and Riches seldom meet together, Riches take thou, contentment I had rather.
  June 12, 2009 2:20pm via web
• If you’d have it done, Go: If not, send.
  June 12, 2009 3:55pm via web
• Ill Company is like a dog who dirts those most, that he loves best.
  June 12, 2009 5:26pm via web
• The church the state, and the poor, are 3 daughters which we should maintain, but not portion off.
  June 12, 2009 9:50pm via web
• Cold & cunning come from the north: But cunning sans wisdom is nothing worth.
  June 12, 2009 10:54pm via web
• 1744. Courteous Reader. Hear Reason, or she'll make you feel her.
  June 13, 2009 9:17am via web
• Who is strong? He that can conquer his bad Habits. Who is rich? He that rejoices in his Portion.
  June 13, 2009 10:27am via web
• What you would seem to be, be really.
  June 13, 2009 11:53am via Twitter for iPhone
• Industry, Perseverance, & Frugality, make Fortune yield.
  June 13, 2009 1:01pm via web
• God heals, and the Doctor takes the Fees.
  June 13, 2009 2:57pm via web
• As Pride increases, Fortune declines.
  June 13, 2009 4:41pm via web
• Drive thy Business, or it will drive thee.
  June 13, 2009 5:55pm via Twitter for iPhone
• The Things which hurt, instruct.
  June 13, 2009 7:27pm via Twitter for iPhone
• He who multiplies Riches multiplies Cares.
  June 13, 2009 8:58pm via web
• Give me yesterday's Bread, this Day's Flesh and last Year's Cyder.
  June 13, 2009 9:54pm via web
• Dine with little, sup with less: Do better still; sleep supperless.
  June 13, 2009 10:30pm via web
• 1745. Courteous Reader. Wars bring scars.
  June 15, 2009 8:41am via Twitter for iPhone
• Beware of little Expences, a small Leak will sink a great Ship.
  June 15, 2009 10:06am via web
• You may talk too much on the best of subjects.
  June 15, 2009 1:01pm via web
• Interest which blinds some People, enlightens others.
  June 15, 2009 2:25pm via web
• Many complain of their Memory, few of their Judgement.
  June 15, 2009 3:50pm via web
• All blood is alike ancient.
  June 15, 2009 5:07pm via web
• One man may be more cunning than another, but not more cunning than every body else.
  June 15, 2009 6:13pm via web
• He who buys had need have 100 Eyes, but one's enough for him that sells the Stuff.
  June 15, 2009 8:39pm via web
• Old young and old long.
  June 15, 2009 10:19pm via Twitter for iPhone
• 1746. Virtue and Happiness are Mother and Daughter.
  June 16, 2009 8:30am via web
• A Plowman on his Legs is higher than a Gentleman on his Knees.
  June 16, 2009 11:10am via web
• It's the easiest Thing in the World for a Man to deceive himself.
  June 16, 2009 1:07pm via web
• Good sense is a Thing all need, few have, and none think they want.
  June 16, 2009 3:03pm via web
• What's proper, is becoming: See the Blacksmith with his white Silk Apron!
  June 16, 2009 5:06pm via web
• The Tongue is ever turning to the aching Tooth.
  June 16, 2009 5:34pm via web
• Dost thou love Life? then do not squander Time; for that's the Stuff Life is made of.
  June 16, 2009 8:41pm via web
• Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.
  June 16, 2009 10:11pm via web
• 1747. Courteous Reader. Pride and the Gout, are seldom cur'd throughout.
  June 17, 2009 8:11am via web
• 'Tis a strange Forest that has no rotten Wood in't And a strange Kindred that all are good in't.
  June 17, 2009 9:50am via web
• None know the unfortunate, and the fortunate do not know themselves.
  June 17, 2009 11:36am via web
• There's a time to wink as well as to see.
  June 17, 2009 4:38pm via web
• Write Injuries in Dust, Benefits in Marble.
  June 17, 2009 9:31pm via web
• A Slip of the Foot you may soon recover: But a Slip of the Tongue you may never get over.
  June 17, 2009 10:10pm via web
• A quiet Conscience sleeps in Thunder, but rest and Guilt live far asunder.
  June 17, 2009 10:42pm via Twitter for iPhone
• 1748. Kind Reader. The Muses love the Morning.
  June 18, 2009 8:15am via web
• He that's secure is not safe.
  June 18, 2009 10:54am via web
• Half Wits talk much but say little.
  June 18, 2009 1:08pm via web
• Most Fools think they are only ignorant.
  June 18, 2009 2:31pm via web
• Pardoning the Bad, is injuring the Good.
  June 18, 2009 5:11pm via web
• When you're good to others, you are best to yourself.
  June 18, 2009 6:40pm via web
• Lost Time is never found again.
  June 18, 2009 8:57pm via web
• 1749. Kind Reader. Neglect kills Injuries, Revenge increases them.
  June 19, 2009 8:37am via web
• Most of the Learning in use, is of no great Use.
  June 19, 2009 10:27am via web
• Wise Men learn by others harms; Fools by their own.
  June 19, 2009 12:20pm via web
• If Passion drives, let Reason hold the Reins.
  June 19, 2009 1:52pm via web
• A Man in a Passion rides a mad Horse.
  June 19, 2009 3:01pm via web
• The end of Passion is the beginning of Repentance.
  June 19, 2009 3:55pm via web
• Presumption first blinds a Man, then sets him a running.
  June 19, 2009 5:34pm via web
• Drink does not drown Care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster.
  June 19, 2009 7:45pm via Twitter for iPhone
• Welcome Mischief, if thou comest alone.
  June 19, 2009 10:01pm via web
• 1750. To the Reader. Little Strokes, Fell great Oaks.
  June 20, 2009 8:37am via web
• Clean your Finger, before you point at my Spots.
  June 20, 2009 10:42am via web
• Sorrow is good for nothing but Sin.
  June 20, 2009 12:52pm via web
• If it were not for the Belly, the Back might wear Gold.
  June 20, 2009 2:30pm via web
• There are three Things extremely hard, Steel, a Diamond and to know one's self.
  June 20, 2009 4:12pm via web
• Pride is as loud a Beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy.
  June 20, 2009 6:16pm via web
• Genius without Education is like Silver in the Mine.
  June 20, 2009 8:19pm via web
• The Golden Age was never the present Age.
  June 20, 2009 10:12pm via web
• 1751. Courteous Reader. To-day is Yesterday's Pupil.
  June 22, 2009 8:09am via web
• Pray don't burn my House to roast your Eggs.
  June 22, 2009 10:31am via web
• Friendship increases by visiting Friends, but by visiting seldom.
  June 22, 2009 3:10pm via web
• He that is conscious of a Stink in his Breeches, is jealous of every Wrinkle in another's Nose.
  June 22, 2009 4:00pm via web
• The Proud hate Pride - in others.
  June 22, 2009 6:24pm via web
• Cunning proceeds from Want of Capacity.
  June 22, 2009 8:54pm via web
• There are lazy Minds as well as lazy Bodies.
  June 22, 2009 10:11pm via web
• 1752. Kind Reader. Calamity and Prosperity are the Touchstones of Integrity.
  June 23, 2009 8:12am via web
• The busy Man has few idle Visitors; to the boiling Pot the Flies come not.
  June 23, 2009 10:03am via web
• Meanness is the Parent of Insolence.
  June 23, 2009 2:06pm via web
• A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.
  June 23, 2009 3:48pm via web
• Pride dines upon Vanity, sups on Contempt.
  June 23, 2009 5:14pm via web
• An undutiful Daughter, will prove an unmanageable Wife.
  June 23, 2009 9:04pm via web
• If a Man could have Half his Wishes, he could double his Troubles.
  June 23, 2009 9:59pm via web
• 1753. Courteous Reader. Danger is Sauce for Prayers.
  June 24, 2009 8:14am via web
• Paintings and Fightings are best seen at a distance.
  June 24, 2009 10:09am via web
• A great Talker may be no Fool, but he is one that relies on him.
  June 24, 2009 1:21pm via web
• When Reason preaches, if you won't hear her she'll box your Ears.
  June 24, 2009 3:49pm via web
• He that best understands the World, least likes it.
  June 24, 2009 4:43pm via web
• It is not Leisure that is not used.
  June 24, 2009 7:47pm via Twitter for iPhone
• Ignorance leads Men into a Party, and Shame keeps them from getting out again.
  June 24, 2009 10:10pm via web
• 1754. Kind Reader. The Cat in Gloves catches no Mice.
  June 25, 2009 8:52am via web
• The Horse thinks one thing, and he that saddles him another.
  June 25, 2009 9:48am via web
• You may sometimes be much in the wrong, in owning your being in the right.
  June 25, 2009 11:53am via web
• Where Sense is wanting, everything is wanting.
  June 25, 2009 2:50pm via web
• Take heed of the Vinegar of sweet Wine, and the Anger of Good-nature.
  June 25, 2009 5:12pm via web
• Learning to the Studious; Riches to the Careful; Power to the Bold; Heaven to the Virtuous.
  June 25, 2009 6:24pm via web
• 1755. Courteous Reader. A long Life may not be good enough, but a good Life is long enough.
  June 26, 2009 8:37am via web
• Speak little, do much.
  June 26, 2009 10:18am via web
• Two dry Sticks will burn a green One.
  June 26, 2009 1:48pm via web
• The hasty Bitch brings forth blind Puppies.
  June 26, 2009 3:28pm via web
• He that would travel much, should eat little.
  June 26, 2009 6:11pm via web
• A full Belly brings forth every Evil.
  June 26, 2009 8:31pm via web
• When the Wine enters, out goes the Truth.
  June 26, 2009 9:39pm via web
• 1756. Courteous Reader. Love, and be loved.
  June 27, 2009 9:00am via web
• A false Friend and a Shadow, attend only while the Sun shines.
  June 27, 2009 10:18am via web
• Mine is better than Ours.
  June 27, 2009 12:09pm via web
• Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.
  June 27, 2009 1:30pm via Twitter for iPhone
• Be civil to all; serviceable to many; familiar with few; Friend to one; Enemy to none.
  June 27, 2009 2:58pm via Twitter for iPhone
• Trouble springs from Idleness; Toil from Ease.
  June 27, 2009 8:29pm via web
• He that has a Trade, has an Office of Profit and Honour.
  June 27, 2009 9:57pm via web
• A Change of Fortune hurts a wise Man no more than a Change of the Moon.
  June 27, 2009 10:47pm via web
• 1757. Courteous Reader. Nothing dries sooner than a Tear.
  June 29, 2009 8:17am via web
• One To-day is worth two To-morrows.
  June 29, 2009 9:59am via web
• Dally not with other Folks Women or Money.
  June 29, 2009 12:56pm via web
• Many a Man's own Tongue gives Evidence against his Understanding.
  June 29, 2009 2:34pm via web
• The Tongue offends, and the Ears get the Cuffing.
  June 29, 2009 4:45pm via web
• Anger warms the Invention, but overheats the Oven.
  June 29, 2009 5:34pm via web
• Scarlet, Silk, and Velvet, have put out the Kitchen Fire.
  June 29, 2009 7:51pm via web
• Sleep without Supping and you'll rise without owing for it.
  June 29, 2009 9:50pm via web
• 1758. Courteous Reader. You may delay, but Time will not.
  June 30, 2009 8:32am via web
• The Honey is sweet, but the Bee has a Sting.
  June 30, 2009 10:26am via web
• When you're an Anvil, hold you still; When you're a Hammer, strike your Fill.
  June 30, 2009 1:06pm via web
• Silence is not always a Sign of Wisdom, but Babbling is ever a Mark of Folly.
  June 30, 2009 3:23pm via web
• Pride gets into the Coach, and Shame mounts behind.
  June 30, 2009 4:58pm via web
• The first Mistake in publick Business, is the going into it.
  June 30, 2009 6:24pm via web
• A full Belly makes a dull Brain: The Muses starve in a Cook's Shop.
  June 30, 2009 8:01pm via web
• I am, as ever, Thine to serve thee, @ SpumoniNick
  June 30, 2009 10:26pm via Twitter for iPhone
• Featured Artist June 2009: Nick Fortunato (end) http://tinyurl.com/lzr8dt - Thanks, Nick!!
  July 1, 2009 7:20am via web