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He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.
He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.
And with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.
And with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with read more
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]
