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Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
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.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.