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If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you.
If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you.
You are judged of by what you possess.
You are judged of by what you possess.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.
Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
