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Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Would you know what mony is, Go borrow some.
Would you know what mony is, Go borrow some.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
In a long journey straw waighs.
In a long journey straw waighs.
Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.
Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.
Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.
Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
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.]