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Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
A gift much expected is paid, not given.
A gift much expected is paid, not given.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
