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All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
This is the reward of my folly.
This is the reward of my folly.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.