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I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every read more
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every day explains why.]
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
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.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron.
He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
