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Love and a cough cannot be hid.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies, seldom safe to
venture to instruct, even our friends.
It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies, seldom safe to
venture to instruct, even our friends.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
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.]
After supper walk a mile.
After supper walk a mile.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
I saw young Harry with his visor up.
I saw young Harry with his visor up.