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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.]

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The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.

The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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I tell the tale as it was told to me.

I tell the tale as it was told to me.

by John Byrom Found in: General Sayings,
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Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.

Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.

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There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.

There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]

The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]

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Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.

Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Safe bind, safe find.

Safe bind, safe find.

by Thomas Tusser Found in: General Sayings,
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