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Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.
Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.
A man that is warned is half armed.
A man that is warned is half armed.
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.
To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius read more
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius Syrus Mimus,
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]
A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
