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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.]
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.
Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.
Have the courage to do something which deserves transportation if
you want to be somebody.
Have the courage to do something which deserves transportation if
you want to be somebody.
It is difficult to fly without wings.
It is difficult to fly without wings.
No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the
semblance of courtesy.
No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the
semblance of courtesy.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.
