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Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.
The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.
The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
