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Forbeare not sowing because of birds.
Forbeare not sowing because of birds.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another.
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Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another.
[Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.]
In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by
fire.
In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by
fire.
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.