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The goate must browse where she is tyed.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
Everyone has his besetting sin.
Everyone has his besetting sin.
The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
