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Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.
It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to read more
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to drink.
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord
shall reward thee.
