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Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.
Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will read more
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work
hard.]
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Being on sea saile, being on land settle.
Being on sea saile, being on land settle.
