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The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.
Concealed anger is to be feared; but hatred openly manifested
destroys its chance of revenge.
Concealed anger is to be feared; but hatred openly manifested
destroys its chance of revenge.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
