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PRINCIPLES OF
Chap. XII.
De mis vin̄as vengo, no se nada, no soy amigo de saber vidas agenas.
"I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge; it's no bread and butter of mine: Every man for himself, and God for us all, say I." Motteux.
"I prune my own vine, and I know nothing about thine. I never meddle with other people's concerns." Smollet.
Y advierta que ya tengo edad para dar consejos. Quien bien tiene, y mal escoge, por bien que se enoja, no se venga.
"Come, Master, I have hair enough in my beard to make a counsellor: he that will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay." Motteux.
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