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Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
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.
We must every one be a man of his own fancy.
We must every one be a man of his own fancy.
The weakest goes to the wall.
The weakest goes to the wall.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
