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Blood is thicker than water.
Blood is thicker than water.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.
We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.
The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.
The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.
What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what
is not known.
What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what
is not known.
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
