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When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
The best manners are stained by haughtiness.
The best manners are stained by haughtiness.
Famed
For every branch of every science known.
Famed
For every branch of every science known.
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.]
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
Hope is the poore mans bread.
Hope is the poore mans bread.
