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A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]
Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself
with the affairs of others.
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself
with the affairs of others.
Bear and forbear.
Bear and forbear.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]
Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]