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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.]
Deception follows on the heels of deception.
Deception follows on the heels of deception.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
One swallow does not make spring.
One swallow does not make spring.
Time rolls his ceaseless course.
Time rolls his ceaseless course.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.