It is better to leave than to lack.
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Beware of a poor alchemist.
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One knife keeps another in its sheath.
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Tell everybody your business and the devil will do it for you.
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Agree between yourselves (as to the time), quoth Arlotto, and I will make it rain.
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A beautiful woman smiling, bespeaks a purse weeping.
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