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Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.
To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.
I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.
Folly growes without watering.
Folly growes without watering.
