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| A good thing is known when it is lost. Portuguese. | 1 |
| A good thing is soon caught up. | 2 |
| A good thing one soon forgets, the bad grow old in the head. German. | 3 |
| A thing done has a head. (Exclamation of an ancient sculptor on finishing a statue.) | 4 |
| A thing done perforce is not worth a rush. | 5 |
| A thing is not bad if well understood. German. | 6 |
| A thing lost is a thing known. French. | 7 |
| All good things are not given to one. La Fontaine. | 8 |
| All things are difficult before they are easy. | 9 |
| All things are easy that are done willingly. | 10 |
| All things are good with the good. Latin. | 11 |
| All things are not to be granted at all times. | 12 |
| All things are soon prepared in a well ordered house. | 13 |
| All things have their uses. | 14 |
| All things of this world are nothing unless they have reference to the next. Spanish. | 15 |
| From trivial things great contests oft arise. Dutch. | 16 |
| Good things require time. Dutch. | 17 |
| Good things soon find a purchaser. Plautus. | 18 |
| Great things spring from casualties. Benjamin Disraeli. | 19 |
| He who prizes little things is worthy of great ones. German. | 20 |
| He who takes no care of little things will not have the care of great ones. German. | 21 |
| Little things are pretty. | 22 |
| Little things attract light minds. | 23 |
| Moderate things last. | 24 |
| Out of small things large cannot spring. German. | 25 |
| Small things affect light minds. | 26 |
| Small things become the small. Horace. | 27 |
| Small things make base men proud. Shakespeare. | 28 |
| The best thing in the world is to live above it. | 29 |
| The best things are the first to perish. Latin. | 30 |
| The best things are the worst to come by. | 31 |
| The greatest things are done by the help of small ones. | 32 |
| Things above thy height are to be looked at, not reached at. | 33 |
| Things are not as they are, but as they are regarded. Italian. | 34 |
| Things at the worse will cease or else climb upwards. Shakespeare. | 35 |
| Things at the worst will sometimes mend. | 36 |
| Things bad begun strengthen themselves by ill. Shakespeare. | 37 |
| Things beyond our reach are not worth our consideration. Latin. | 38 |
| Things coming from afar are most esteemed. | 39 |
| Things do not always go as man wills. German. | 40 |
| Things forbidden have a secret charm. Tacitus. | 41 |
| Things hardly attained are the longer retained. | 42 |
| Things ill acquired are ill expended. Latin. | 43 |
| Things ill got have ever bad success. Shakespeare. | 44 |
| Things in motion sooner catch the eye than what not stirs. Shakespeare. | 45 |
| Things may be fitting to be done, which are not fitting to be boasted of. Fielding. | 46 |
| Things not understood are admired. | 47 |
| Things past may be repented but not recalled. Livy. | 48 |
| Things promised are things due. French. | 49 |
| Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour. Shakespeare. | 50 |
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| Things unhoped for happen oftener than what we desire. Plautus. | 51 |
| Things unreasonable are never durable. Italian. | 52 |
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