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Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
A novice always behaves with propriety.
A novice always behaves with propriety.
He that will be surety, shall pay.
He that will be surety, shall pay.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?
Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
