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Love is not found in the market.
Love is not found in the market.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
In spending lies the advantage.
In spending lies the advantage.