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It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
The faulty stands on his guard.
The faulty stands on his guard.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
Wee know not who lives or dies.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
