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Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.
I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.
He enters the port with a full sail.
He enters the port with a full sail.
Which of these two is the greater fool?
Which of these two is the greater fool?
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
A coole mouth, and warme feet, live long.
[A cool mouth, and warm feet, live long.]
A coole mouth, and warme feet, live long.
[A cool mouth, and warm feet, live long.]
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
He that hath the spice, may season as he list.
He that hath the spice, may season as he list.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.