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Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
Charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right read more
There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
Idleness induces caprice.
Idleness induces caprice.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
