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Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
Love rules his kingdome without a sword.
Love rules his kingdome without a sword.
The great put the little on the hooke.
The great put the little on the hooke.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Long jesting was never good.
Long jesting was never good.
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish read more
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.
