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Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.
None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
