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A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.
All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]