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Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on
fire.
Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on
fire.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.
Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
My sun has not yet set for ever.
My sun has not yet set for ever.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.