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He that will take the bird, must not skare it.
He that will take the bird, must not skare it.
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too
bus to take care read more
A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too
bus to take care of his tools.
