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Rebuke with soft words and hard arguments.

Marrying is easy, it's housework that's hard.

To listen to a lie is harder than to tell it.

Man is harder than iron, stronger than stone, and more fragile than a rose.

Explaining something to an ignorant person is harder than making a camel jump over a ditch.

The hardest work is to go idle.

Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food.

One person enjoys a piece of hard cheese, a second a spun out prayer chant, and a third a door to the street.

Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg.

Protection Spells (for your home, to keep out negative influences and people)

Protection Spells

This is mainly for your home, to keep out negative influences and people. Believe me when I say “people”. If you put enough energy and intent behind this spell, people who annoy you or come over to be negative will find being...

Over the river and through the wood

Over the river and through the wood
To Grandmother's house we go.
The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh
Through white and drifted snow.
Over the river and through the woods,
Oh, how the wind...

Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace, Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child has far to go, Friday's child is loving and giving, Saturday's child works hard for its living, and a child that is born on the...

Today is wine, and tomorrow is an assignment. Today we will drink wine, and tomorrow we will work hard.

Whose end of tongue is sharp, the edge of his head must be hard.

If you like what you are doing, nothing is too far and no job is too hard. The person who makes an error should be taught, and not made fun of. A good character is more valuable than gold.

The tongue is soft but constantly remains; the teeth are hard yet they fall out.

It is easy to dodge a spear that comes in front of you but hard to avoid an arrow shot from behind.

It is impossible to add much weight with a single morsel; it is hard to travel afar with a single step.

The higher the mountain the lower the vale, the taller the tree the harder the fall.

The higher the mountain the lower the valley, the taller the tree the harder the fall.