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Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non read more
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.
Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.
I will be correspondent to command.
I will be correspondent to command.
The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.
The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.
God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.
