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A drunkards purse is a bottle.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
Most men are bad.
Most men are bad.
Let none say, I will not drinke water.
Let none say, I will not drinke water.
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
