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Dally not with mony or women.
Dally not with mony or women.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.
The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]