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This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
God keep me from false friends!
God keep me from false friends!
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius read more
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius Syrus Mimus,
Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]
Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]
Falsehoods border on truths.
Falsehoods border on truths.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
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She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
In her mouth, not a wooden ladle.
