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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
This division of labour will lessen the task.
This division of labour will lessen the task.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Better a bad excuse, than none at all.
Better a bad excuse, than none at all.
