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Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish read more
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.
The market is the best garden.
The market is the best garden.
