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For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non read more
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.