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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 (æœ‰įž˜æ— åˆ†) which describes couples who meet but who do not for whatever reason stay together. My friend (native speaker, no Chinese ...