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Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.
The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.
