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A stone in a well is not lost.
A stone in a well is not lost.
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.