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'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
Poore and liberall, rich and coveteous.
Poore and liberall, rich and coveteous.
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Whatever charm thou hast, be charming.
Whatever charm thou hast, be charming.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
