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Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
Every animal loves itself.
Every animal loves itself.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
