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The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.
I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction read more
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
I sit within a helmless bark.
I sit within a helmless bark.
Facts are stubborn things.
Facts are stubborn things.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
