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Meaning of “medicine bringeth double care when the malady is past cure”
It's a proverb from John Lyly 'Euphues: the Anatomy of Wit, does anybody know what does it mean?
Search the wound while it is green; too late cometh the salve when the sore
festereth, and the ...
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Proverb: “have fate without destiny”
I was looking for an English equivalent of the Chinese proverb (æįžæ å) which describes couples who meet but who do not for whatever reason stay together.
My friend (native speaker, no Chinese ...
