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Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way read more
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon read more
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
A valiant mans looke is more then a cowards sword.
A valiant mans looke is more then a cowards sword.
The Fox knowes much, but more he that catcheth him.
The Fox knowes much, but more he that catcheth him.
Better do nothing than do ill.
Better do nothing than do ill.
