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Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Neither bribe nor loose thy right.
Neither bribe nor loose thy right.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.
There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.