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Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to
our insufficient fortune.
Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to
our insufficient fortune.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]