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Many kisse the hand they wish cut off.
Many kisse the hand they wish cut off.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.
Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.
The great put the little on the hooke.
The great put the little on the hooke.
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
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.]
