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The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
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.]
The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
