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A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]
We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius read more
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius Syrus Mimus,
He can do most who has most power.
He can do most who has most power.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.