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The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
One mouth doth nothing without another.
One mouth doth nothing without another.
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
There is room left also for several to bring their friends.
There is room left also for several to bring their friends.