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For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill dyet was the
mother.
Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill dyet was the
mother.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
