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A man perfect to the finger tips.
A man perfect to the finger tips.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
I sit within a helmless bark.
I sit within a helmless bark.
Talkers are no good doers.
Talkers are no good doers.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.
Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.