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It is but a poor establishment where there are not many
superfluous things which the owner knows not of, read more
It is but a poor establishment where there are not many
superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to
the thieves.
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
What you don't know can't hurt you.
What you don't know can't hurt you.
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
All our sweetest hours fly fastest.
All our sweetest hours fly fastest.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.
A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.
