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Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.
We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to read more
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to what she'll say or do.
Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.
Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
