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Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and
the lamb.
There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and
the lamb.
You may be on land, yet not in a garden.
You may be on land, yet not in a garden.
Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto
you.
Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto
you.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.