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The first dish pleaseth all.
The first dish pleaseth all.
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
For washing his hands, none sels his lands.
For washing his hands, none sels his lands.
What our contempts do often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again.
What our contempts do often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again.
