68 Manx Proverbs / Page 6
- 51. The smaller the company the bigger the share.
- 52. The tree is known by its fruit.
- 53. The weaknesses of old age are no fit cause for laughter, since they must be our own portion at the end.
- 54. They live like cat and dog.
- 55. To share is sweet, but to pay is bitter.
- 56. Two faggots will burn better than one.
- 57. What must be, will be.
- 58. What's taken well is better than what's well done.
- 59. When a man wants a wife, he wants but a wife; But when he has got a wife, he wants a great deal.
- 60. When men are rightly occupied their happiness grows of their work.
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