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Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.
Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
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Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
The offender never pardons.
The offender never pardons.
