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Consider an enemy may become a friend.
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.
Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.
