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There is no evil without its compensation.
There is no evil without its compensation.
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
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.]
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
To wish to be cured is half way towards cure.
To wish to be cured is half way towards cure.
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.]
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
