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He touches nothing but he adds a charm.
He touches nothing but he adds a charm.
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand read more
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand for the distress
Of ladies who cannot have their own way.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.
The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
