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I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius read more
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.
Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.
Who could be happy and alone or good?
Who could be happy and alone or good?
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
