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An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower read more
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.
After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]
After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
