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I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
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.]
Of a little thing a little displeaseth.
Of a little thing a little displeaseth.
One flower makes no garland.
One flower makes no garland.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
One of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark.
One of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.