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On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
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.]
Honesty is the best policy.
Honesty is the best policy.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
What will their masters not accomplish when low fellows are so
presumptuous?
What will their masters not accomplish when low fellows are so
presumptuous?
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.
In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.
One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]
One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]
