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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.]
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Who could be happy and alone or good?
Who could be happy and alone or good?
Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and
pounds will take care of themselves.
Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and
pounds will take care of themselves.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.
To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.
An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.
An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.
