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Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
In the end truth will out.
In the end truth will out.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
As wither'd roses yield a late perfume.
As wither'd roses yield a late perfume.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
Our rash faults
Make trivial price of serious thing we have,
Not knowing them until we know read more
Our rash faults
Make trivial price of serious thing we have,
Not knowing them until we know their grave.
