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A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
When war is raging the laws are dumb.
When war is raging the laws are dumb.
God helps those who help themselves.
God helps those who help themselves.
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which
has been entrusted to you, though sorely read more
Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which
has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted by wine and
passion.
