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That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
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.]
A City that parlies is half gotten.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.
Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.
We must every one be a man of his own fancy.
We must every one be a man of his own fancy.
Poverty is the mother of health.
Poverty is the mother of health.
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
