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The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
In the end truth will out.
In the end truth will out.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
