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A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
All are not merry that dance lightly.
All are not merry that dance lightly.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
A penny spar'd is twice got.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Famed
For every branch of every science known.
Famed
For every branch of every science known.
