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Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
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.]
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
'Tis not long after
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve,
For daws to peck read more
'Tis not long after
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve,
For daws to peck at.
An old dog barks not in vain.
An old dog barks not in vain.
God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.
God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.
What you don't know can't hurt you.
What you don't know can't hurt you.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
