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Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.
Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.
She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
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She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
In her mouth, not a wooden ladle.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.
To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.
The man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow
plenty of time for the measure.
The man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow
plenty of time for the measure.
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
