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The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
 The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
 [Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]  
 The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
 [Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.] 
Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.
Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.
 And from his ashes may be made
 The violet of his native land.  
 And from his ashes may be made
 The violet of his native land. 
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Don't shit on your own doorstep.
Don't shit on your own doorstep.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.