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Timely proverbs that mean nothing to you but they are short. Some people like my comments, some don't. Defending democracy seems important. That and not being stupid. And love. Love seems important.

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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He is most powerful that governs himself.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
A wise man will not reprove a fool.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Without submission, a tyrant is powerless.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
A tyrant's breath is another's death.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
"Power concedes nothing without a struggle; it never has and it never will."
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
“The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.”
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
The wicked flee when none pursueth.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
He who won't be advised can't be helped.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Long absence changes friends.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Proposing without performing is mere folly.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Better free in a foreign land than a slave at home.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Reform that you may prosper.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
A thousand probabilities do not make one truth.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Two captains sink the ship.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
He that is hated by his subjects cannot be king.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
If in February there be no rain, neither good for hay nor rain.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Power weakens the wicked.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Praise a fool and you may make him useful.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
The ass of a king is still but an ass.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Bribes will enter without knocking.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Oppression will make a wise man mad.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Health is not valued until sickness comes.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Salt spilt is never all gathered.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Big mouthfuls often choke.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
One volunteer is worth two pressed men.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
Offenders never pardon.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 28/10/2024
Halfwitted folk speak much and say little.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 06/10/2024
The first draught a man drinks ought to be for thirst, the second for nourishment, the third for pleasure, and the fourth for madness.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 17/09/2024
He is rich enough who owes nothing.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 04/09/2024
A união faz a força.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 31/08/2024
He that lies on the ground can fall no further.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 23/08/2024
A good beginning is half the work.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 16/08/2024
He chastises the dead.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 02/08/2024
He who walks with wise men will be wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 27/07/2024
Forbid a fool a thing and that he'll do.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 22/07/2024
From prudence peace, from peace abundance.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 14/07/2024
A bad dog never sees the wolf.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 08/07/2024
Learning makes a good man better and a bad man worse.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 02/07/2024
Tyranny is the far worst treason.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 24/06/2024
Where there is no love all faults are seen.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 25/05/2024
Better return halfway than lose yourself.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 29/04/2024
April and May are the key to the year.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 14/04/2024
Make a virtue of necessity.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 08/04/2024
Of two evils choose the less.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 06/04/2024
His mother an onion, his father garlic, himself comes out a conserve of roses.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 29/03/2024
Fools invent fashions and wise men follow them.
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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 27/03/2024
One deceit brings on another.
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