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Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.
Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no
evil, and to grow pale at read more
Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no
evil, and to grow pale at no accusation.
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
Two heads are better than one.
Two heads are better than one.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
