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The covetous are always in want.
The covetous are always in want.
Talkers are no good doers.
Talkers are no good doers.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.