The Noll's Favorite Collection of Proverbs --- Page 15
Proverb Translation

141. You can't hold a man down in a ditch without being there with him.
142. The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
143. You can't keep trouble from coming - but don't give it a chair to sit on.
143. If you don't have a job without aggravation - you don't have a job.
145. Character consists of what you do on the 3rd and 4th tries.
146. We protest against unjust criticism - but accept unearned praise.
147. It's necessary for the triumph of evil for good men to do nothing.
148. A squeaking wheel gets the grease - it also is the first to be replaced.
149. When the horse is dead - get off.
150. We can no more win a war than we can win an earthquake.

141. Holding someone down keeps you down as well.
142. Most people like to know why and how things work.
143. Get rid of trouble by not making it welcome.
143. If your boss has no troubles he doesn't need you.
145. Keep trying. Don't give up so soon.
146. We take credit not ours and refuse blame when ours.
147. All good men must resist evil when they encounter it.
148. Too many complaints may result in you being replaced.
149. You must know when to give up a lost cause.
150. Wars cannot be won. All wars are a loss.

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