Back and Badness : Proverbs







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Back and Badness :





Back :



  • You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.

  • A man may bear till his back breaks.

  • Destiny with men for pieces plays; and one by one back in closet lays.

  • He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our back.


    Badness :



  • Sin is the root of sorrow.

  • Mischief comes without calling for.

  • He that spares the bad injures the good.

  • Nothing is bad but it might have been worse.

  • There is so much good in the worst of us and so much bad in the best of us.

  • Never open the door to a little vice, lest a great one enter with it.

  • Two wrongs do not make a right.

  • Never do evil that good may come of it.

  • The best remedy against an ill man is much ground between.

  • He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon.

  • To fall into sin is human. To remain in sin is devilish.

  • The love of the wicked is more dangerous than their hatred.

  • Weeds want no sowing.

  • A bad dog never sees the wolf.

  • A bad penny always comes back.

  • A bad tree does not yield young apples.

  • An evil deed has a witness in the bosom.

  • Bad watch often feeds the wolf.



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