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A little with quiet is the onely dyet.
A little with quiet is the onely dyet.
Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.
Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
Every animal loves itself.
Every animal loves itself.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
In a long journey straw waighs.
In a long journey straw waighs.
