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Hit the nail on the head.
Hit the nail on the head.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by
poverty.
Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by
poverty.
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of read more
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing.
[Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peto.]
He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
Ill vessels seldome miscarry.
Ill vessels seldome miscarry.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of read more
Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of bragging horror.
