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The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and
that which we ourselves possess is most read more
The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and
that which we ourselves possess is most pleasing to others.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.
To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.
Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they
assume anger, and take courage from the very crime read more
Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they
assume anger, and take courage from the very crime itself.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
In poison there is no physic.
In poison there is no physic.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
