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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]
The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his
girdle.
Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his
girdle.
A far greater warfare lies hidden under this assumed peace.
A far greater warfare lies hidden under this assumed peace.
