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Little friends may prove great friends.
Clumsy jesting is no joke.
Only cowards insult dying majesty.
“Do not trust flatterers.”
“Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.”
Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.
Gratitude and greed go not together.
“You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil.”
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
“Any excuse will serve a tyrant.”