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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
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.]
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.