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A true friend is tested in adversity.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.
In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has read more
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has on his tail.
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.
Service without reward is punishment.
Service without reward is punishment.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
