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THROUGH FINLAND. 505
*¢ Thus went he out to his Maker; he entered into glory ; he
“‘ haftened to extreme blifs; he departed to enjoy liberty; he
quitted a life of forrow; he left the habitations of the earth.”
’ Proverbs are the refult of experience and wifdom ; and no na-
tions, however barbarous, are found without them in their lan-
guage. The Finnifh tongue has an abundance, many of them
conveying ftrong fenfe and acute remark. They are for the moft
part in runic or allitterative verfe; and, like the Hebrew proverbs,
are divided into two hemiftichs, the latter illuftrating the fore-:
going. The following are Finnifh proverbs, literally tranflated :
** The good man fpareth from his peck; but the wicked will
“‘ not give from a bufhel.”’
*¢ The wife man knoweth what he fhall do; but fools try
“ every thing.” .
«© There is no deliverance through tears; neither are evils re-
\ * medied by forrow.”’ i
«¢ He who hath tried, goeth immediately to the work; but he:
‘<< who hath no experience ftandeth to confider.”’
‘© The wife man gathereth wifdom every where; he profiteth
‘* by the difcourfe of fools.”
«A man’s own land is his chiefeft delight; the wood is moft
‘< pleafant that is his.”
.« The ftranger is our brother; he who comes from afar off is
‘¢ our kinfman.”’
«© When the morsibreaketh forth, I know the day which fol-
oO loweth ; a good man difcovereth himfelf by his looks.”
~Vens Dion Rr «The
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