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An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.
He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.
The bowl dispels corroding cares.
The bowl dispels corroding cares.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
Give place to your superiors.
Give place to your superiors.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.
He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
