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Care
Care tho’
it generally makes People look old, is represented in Painting by a comely
Woman, because it is very becoming Persons of all Ages and conditions, wing’d
to denote the Swiftness of Thought; in each Hand an Hour-glass as Symbols of
Assiduity; at her Feet a Cock, the Emblem of Watchfulness, and in Sight the
rising Sun, to shew care is unwearied. Care
will kill a CatThat is, will in the End kill even those who
seem the best Able to withstand it; for a Cat is suppos’d to have nine
Lives. Cura facit
canas. Latin Die
Sorge machet vor der Zeit grauCare makes a Man grey before
his Time. German
A
Pound of
Care
will not pay an Ounce of Debt. Cento
carre di pensieri (A hundred cart-loads of Thoughts) non pageranno un uncia di
debito. It. Ein
Pfund Sorgen bezahlet kein Quintgen Borgen. H. G. By
Care
in this Proverb us meant unreasonable Trouble, Vexation and Concern, such as
are rather a Hinderance than a Furtherance to Business; and by no means
Assiduity and Industry, which are the properest means to bring a Man out of
Debt.
Definition taken from
The Universal Etymological English Dictionary,
edited by Nathan Bailey (1736)
Camel [Hieroglyphically] *
Carnaˊtion