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Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
Then westward ho!
Grace and good disposition attend your ladyship.
Then westward ho!
Grace and good disposition attend your ladyship.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.
The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.