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In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
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.]
Coming events cast their shadows before.
Coming events cast their shadows before.
Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church
still.
Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church
still.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
