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A true friend is tested in adversity.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]
Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
All griefes with bread are lesse.
All griefes with bread are lesse.
For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
