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Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
Stay a little and news will find you.
Stay a little and news will find you.
Good horses make short miles.
Good horses make short miles.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
