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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he
is.
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he
is.
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.
Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
Better do nothing than do ill.
Better do nothing than do ill.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
All the Armes of England will not arme feare.
All the Armes of England will not arme feare.