If you would have your work ill done, pay beforehand.
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Hide not the truth from your confessor, your doctor, or your lawyer.
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Among men of honour a word is a bond.
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The wolf bemoans the sheep, and then eats it.
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow.
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If you would be rich in a year, you may be hanged in six months.
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