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I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
Come, let us take a lesson from our forefathers, and enjoy the
Christmas holyday.
Come, let us take a lesson from our forefathers, and enjoy the
Christmas holyday.
This victory will be your I ruin.
This victory will be your I ruin.
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.
The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to read more
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt.
When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.
When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]