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He enters the port with a full sail.
He enters the port with a full sail.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
An ill deede cannot bring honour.
An ill deede cannot bring honour.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.
Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.
Hope is a waking dream.
Hope is a waking dream.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
Evils have their comfort, good none can support.
Evils have their comfort, good none can support.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
