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Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.
Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
They that know one another salute a farre off.
They that know one another salute a farre off.
You will not be a chip the richer.
You will not be a chip the richer.
It is a sheep of Beery, it is marked on the nose (applyed to
those that have a blow).
It is a sheep of Beery, it is marked on the nose (applyed to
those that have a blow).
For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]