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Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself
feared?
Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself
feared?
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.
Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.
