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No choice amongst stinking fish.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the sun shines.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
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Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you:
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
The sow that was washed is turned to her wallowing in the mire.
The sow that was washed is turned to her wallowing in the mire.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
