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I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.
The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.
God helps those who help themselves.
God helps those who help themselves.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
Though little fire grows great with little wind,
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.
Though little fire grows great with little wind,
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.
