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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.]
Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.
Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.
He that will enter into Paradise, must have a good key.
He that will enter into Paradise, must have a good key.
He who won't be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.
He who won't be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years
after.
[Who eats the king's goose voids read more
Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years
after.
[Who eats the king's goose voids the feathers a hundred years
after.]
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.
Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.
