to something, God said to him: "Get thee out." "And he went out, not
knowing whither." He staid until he became the head of a people as
numberless and brilliant as the stars of the heaven. But Isaac hung
around home, lived on his father's greatness, and the only real thing
he did that was worth while was to re-dig some wells his father had
dug before him. The first time he saw his sweetheart Rebecca, whom
another man had to go and get for him, he lifted up his voice and
cried like a boob. He had become soft on the mutton and grape juice
of his father. Tender little doves flit around the home cote, but the
eagle sweeps from sun to sun. Anyhow, in these modern days children
are very largely bringing up their parents.

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To kill a quarrel, shut your mouth.

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There is a world of sense in the saying; "Sell your hammer and buy a
horn."

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There is one place we can bear a boil, and smile--on the other
fellow's neck.

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Many people possess more than a thousand acres of possibilities, and
have about half an acre under cultivation.