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He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same
mistake.
He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same
mistake.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.
Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.