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Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
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.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme
valleys.
Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme
valleys.
One hand washeth another, and both the face.
One hand washeth another, and both the face.
Men's language is as their lives.
Men's language is as their lives.