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In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
We make allowance for necessity.
We make allowance for necessity.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.
Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.