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God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]
A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]
When war is raging the laws are dumb.
When war is raging the laws are dumb.
But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
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.]
Fear keepes and looks to the vineyard, and not the owner.
Fear keepes and looks to the vineyard, and not the owner.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
