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Married in haste we may repent at leisure.
Married in haste we may repent at leisure.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of
others.
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of
others.
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
All things deteriorate in time.
All things deteriorate in time.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.
Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.
A man convinced against his will,
Is of the some opinion still.
A man convinced against his will,
Is of the some opinion still.