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Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
Citties are taken by the eares.
Citties are taken by the eares.
Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.
Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.
I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.
I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
