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Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Tears are at times as eloquent as words. [Weeping hath a voice.]
Tears are at times as eloquent as words. [Weeping hath a voice.]
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
The child is father of the man.
The child is father of the man.
Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
