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The abuse of cabmen in a block.
The abuse of cabmen in a block.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]
A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]
Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.
Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.
Though last, not least in love, yours, good Trebonius.
Though last, not least in love, yours, good Trebonius.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
