School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. O' Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 136
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- (continued from previous page)Wide will wear, but tight will tear.
When the weather is fair,
Of your clock take care.
Willows are weak but they bind other wood.
Wise and good men make the laws but it was fools and rogues that put them upon it.
A little more breaks a horse's back,
Or the last straw breaks a horse's back.
A fool may easily find more faults in anything than a wise man can easily mend.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
Better wear out than rust out.
Better is an ass that speaks well than a prophet that speaks ill.
Better is an ass that carries you than a horse that throws you(continues on next page)
