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An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]
Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]
An old dog barks not in vain.
An old dog barks not in vain.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
You must loose a flie to catch a trout.
[You must lose a fly to catch a trout.]
You must loose a flie to catch a trout.
[You must lose a fly to catch a trout.]