A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt.
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What the church doesn't take, the exchequer carries away.
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To dead men and absent there are no friends left.
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Better untaught than ill taught.
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Long absence and guilt can change a friend.
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An eel by his tail, an Irishman at his word.
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