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Acorns were good till bread was found.
Acorns were good till bread was found.
 Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.
 [Lat., Nemini fidas, nisi cum quo prius multos read more 
 Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.
 [Lat., Nemini fidas, nisi cum quo prius multos modios salis 
absumpseris.] 
 You would be, sweet madam, if your miseries were in the same 
abundance as your good fortunes are; and read more 
 You would be, sweet madam, if your miseries were in the same 
abundance as your good fortunes are; and yet for aught I see, 
they are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve 
with nothing. 
 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter 
in a lordly dish.  
 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter 
in a lordly dish. 
 "Live like yourself," was soon my lady's word,
 And lo! two puddings smok'd upon the board.  
 "Live like yourself," was soon my lady's word,
 And lo! two puddings smok'd upon the board. 
 As long as I have fat turtle-doves, a fig of your lettuce, my 
friend, and you may keep your read more 
 As long as I have fat turtle-doves, a fig of your lettuce, my 
friend, and you may keep your shell-fish to yourself. I have no 
wish to waste my appetite. 
 The poor man will praise it so hath he good cause,
 That all the year eats neither partridge not read more 
 The poor man will praise it so hath he good cause,
 That all the year eats neither partridge not quail,
  But sets up his rest and makes up his feast,
   With a crust of brown bread and a pot of good ale. 
He pares his apple that will cleanly feed.
He pares his apple that will cleanly feed.