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Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb read more
Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the Caspian
sea.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower read more
From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
