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He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied read more
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied and hated.]
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
