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Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the
blind, both shall fall into the read more
They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the
blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the read more
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the censures of the world.
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Gifts enter every where without a wimble.
Gifts enter every where without a wimble.
