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• Open rebuke is better than secret love. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xxvii, 5
• Wisdom is better than rubies. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs viii, 11
• A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xv, 13
• As an ox goeth to the slaughter. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs vii, 22; Jeremiah xi, 19
• It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
  -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xxi, 9...
• A word spoken in due season, how good is it! -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xv, 23
• He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xv, 15
• He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty
  and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xvi, 32...
• Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
  -- Old Testament -- Proverbs iii, 17...