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Blood is thicker than water.
Blood is thicker than water.
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.
When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.
