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Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.
When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.
Circumstances alter cases.
Circumstances alter cases.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.