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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.
'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.
Idle people have the least leisure.
Idle people have the least leisure.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in read more
Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus
art will defeat art. [If you would catch a man let him think he
is catching you.]
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.
The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
