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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he
is.
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he
is.
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
We know this to be all nonsense.
We know this to be all nonsense.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
Poverty is the mother of health.
Poverty is the mother of health.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
