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We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.
Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
A man that is warned is half armed.
A man that is warned is half armed.
