Aske much to have a little.

Aske much to have a little.

One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]

One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]

Integrity is praised and starves.

Integrity is praised and starves.

Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]

Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]

Every accusation against a fallen man gains credence.

Every accusation against a fallen man gains credence.

Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
circulated.

Let the poor man mind his tongue.

Let the poor man mind his tongue.

It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.

It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.