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The fox changes his skin but not his habits.
[Lat., Vulpem pilum mutare, non mores.]
The fox changes his skin but not his habits.
[Lat., Vulpem pilum mutare, non mores.]
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]
A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
