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Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.
The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
circulated.
I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.
I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.
He that will be surety, shall pay.
He that will be surety, shall pay.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above
rubies.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above
rubies.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
