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A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be
overturned.
Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be
overturned.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
True praise rootes and spreedes.
True praise rootes and spreedes.
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger
appeased.
The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger
appeased.
