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The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
They will swear black is white.
They will swear black is white.
Righteousness exalteth a nation.
Righteousness exalteth a nation.
Forbeare not sowing because of birds.
Forbeare not sowing because of birds.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
