| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Tide, Ebb, Flow |
| | | A flow will have an ebb. | 1 |
| After ebb comes flood and friends with good. Dutch. | 2 |
| After high floods come low ebbs. Dutch. | 3 |
| Every flood hath its ebb. Dutch. | 4 |
| Every tide hath its ebb. | 5 |
| The ebb will fetch off what the tide brings in. | 6 |
There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood leads on to fortune. Shakespeare. | 7 | | |
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