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A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
All keyes hang not on one girdle.
All keyes hang not on one girdle.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
He can do most who has most power.
He can do most who has most power.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
When his heart is glad
Of the full harvest, I will speak to him.
When his heart is glad
Of the full harvest, I will speak to him.