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Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
You stick in the same mire.
You stick in the same mire.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
He that marries late, marries ill.
He that marries late, marries ill.
The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.
The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
Every one stretcheth his legges according to his coverlet.
[Every one stretches his legs according to his coverlet.]
Every one stretcheth his legges according to his coverlet.
[Every one stretches his legs according to his coverlet.]
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.