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Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.
For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
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It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide house.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
It is proper that every man should measure himself by his own
proportion and standard.
It is proper that every man should measure himself by his own
proportion and standard.
A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too
bus to take care of his tools.
