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One faire day in winter makes not birds merrie.
One faire day in winter makes not birds merrie.
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
In sports and journeys men are knowne.
In sports and journeys men are knowne.
No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.
No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
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.
