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Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at read more
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at all.
Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.
Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.
Great businesses turne on a little pinne.
Great businesses turne on a little pinne.
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
