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He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.
Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
