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A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.
The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.
Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.
Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself
with the affairs of others.
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself
with the affairs of others.
For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.