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We believe not a liar, even when he is speaking the truth.
We believe not a liar, even when he is speaking the truth.
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on
fire.
Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on
fire.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
You may safely leave that matter to take care of itself.
You may safely leave that matter to take care of itself.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
