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God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
A snow yeare, a rich yeare.
A snow yeare, a rich yeare.
He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40,
nor wise at 50, read more
He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40,
nor wise at 50, will never bee handsome, strong, rich, or wise.
Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
It's good tying the sack before it be full.
It's good tying the sack before it be full.
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.]
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
