They say: A man who can’t tell shoe polish from shinola is fit to be tied by time and the tide. It’s one of those old sayings they say is never insufficient to the day thereof. 

They say: A stitch in time is a penny earned. Penny for your thoughts. Pennies from Heaven. Common sense.

Many timeless zingers they say come from faith baseness: Trespass not, brethren, lest ye commit foulness one upon the other. This is the core takeaway of a legendary decalogue. Two other takeaways are the ones that go don’t steal and don’t adulterate. 

A florilegium of eternal verities they say blooms as well from the Great Reading Lists: They also serve who only stand and deliver. There’s scads of these things they say. A horde of populous wisdom, believe you me, as true now as it more than ever was.

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