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He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
If we cannot do what we want, we must do what we can.
If we cannot do what we want, we must do what we can.
Flies are busiest about leane horses.
Flies are busiest about leane horses.
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
Out of mind, when out of view.
Out of mind, when out of view.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
