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Neither cast your pearls before swine.
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
Waight and measure take away strife.
Waight and measure take away strife.
We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds read more
We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy.
She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or
Rumour.]
She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or
Rumour.]
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
