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Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
A man that is warned is half armed.
A man that is warned is half armed.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
None is a foole alwaies, everyone sometimes.
None is a foole alwaies, everyone sometimes.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.
The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.
