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He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
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.]
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
A man should be religious, not superstitious.
A man should be religious, not superstitious.
Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth
not.
Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth
not.
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
What will their masters not accomplish when low fellows are so
presumptuous?
What will their masters not accomplish when low fellows are so
presumptuous?
That is gold which is worth gold.
That is gold which is worth gold.
