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Josh Billings

There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.

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Josh Billings

(1818-1885), The Complete Works of Josh Billings, 1919 Don't borrow or lend, but if you must do one, lend. www.english-slang.com

Josh Billings

(1818-1885) U.S. humorist It is easy to assume a habit; but when you try to cast it off, it will take skin and all. www.english-slang.com

Josh Billings

(1818-1885) U.S. humorist Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take. www.english-slang.com

easy does it

[easy does it] {informal} Let's do it carefully, without sudden movements and without forcing too hard or too fast; let's try to just hard enough but not too hard. * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Kingsley Amis

(1922-1995) English author It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start life as children.

hell and high water

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put someone on

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Napoleon Bonaparte

You can stop while you are raising, but not when you are falling.

many hands make light work

[many hands make light work] If many people work together, even a hard job becomes easier. - A proverb. * /Come on boys, […]

up and at them

[up and at them] 1. {adv. phr.} Actively engaged in a task as if doing combat. * /"You want to know whether he will make a […]