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Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.
So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.
It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
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No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel
hard by.]
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
