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It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.
He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
Blood is thicker than water.
Blood is thicker than water.
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of read more
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains.
'Tis the same with common natures,
Use 'em kindly, they rebel;
But, be rough as nutmeg-graters,
And the rogues obey you well.
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to read more
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to drink.
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord
shall reward thee.
