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The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood.
The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood.
Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.
Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.
Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.
Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
Make three bites of a cherry.
Make three bites of a cherry.
