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One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
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At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
Tormenting himself with his prickles.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.