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He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.