“Ferrum ferro exacuitur, et homo exacuit faciem amici sui.”
“Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.”
“As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.”
“Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.”
“Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.”
Sharpeneth. Or instructeth. Fungar vice cotis. (Horace, Art.)
12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.