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Let us not throw the rope after the bucket.
[Sp., No arrojemos la soga tras el caldero.]
Let us not throw the rope after the bucket.
[Sp., No arrojemos la soga tras el caldero.]
It is always good
When a man has two irons in the fire.
It is always good
When a man has two irons in the fire.
The first years of man must make provision for the last.
The first years of man must make provision for the last.
Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.
Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.
According to her cloth she cut her coat.
According to her cloth she cut her coat.
Look before you ere you leap.
Look before you ere you leap.
Precaution is better than cure.
[Lat., Praestat cautela quam medela.]
Precaution is better than cure.
[Lat., Praestat cautela quam medela.]
Better is to bow than breake.
Better is to bow than breake.
He who does not stretch himself according to the coverlet finds
his feet uncovered.
[Ger., Wer sich nicht read more
He who does not stretch himself according to the coverlet finds
his feet uncovered.
[Ger., Wer sich nicht nach der Decke streckt,
Dem bleiben die Fusse unbedeckt.]
