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Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the read more
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage
eagles produce a peaceful dove.
[Lat., Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis;
Est in juvenis, est in equibus patrum
Virtus; nee imbellem feroces
Progenerant aquilae columbam.]
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
A man that is warned is half armed.
A man that is warned is half armed.
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
Hope is a waking dream.
Hope is a waking dream.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it read more
What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it is hollowed by the wave.
