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He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we
cannot complain.
It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we
cannot complain.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of
others.
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of
others.
Nothing dries sooner then a teare.
Nothing dries sooner then a teare.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in read more
Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus
art will defeat art. [If you would catch a man let him think he
is catching you.]
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
