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A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.
The life of man is a winter way.
The life of man is a winter way.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
