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You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
Good Americans when they die go to Paris.
Good Americans when they die go to Paris.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
All things in their beeing are good for something.
All things in their beeing are good for something.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated,
even when most on his guard.
He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated,
even when most on his guard.
