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As many servants so many enemies.
As many servants so many enemies.
Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
Originality provokes originality.
Originality provokes originality.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
An old cat sports not with her prey.
An old cat sports not with her prey.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must read more
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must ride
On horseback after me.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.