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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.]
All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
Water trotted is as good as oates.
Water trotted is as good as oates.
My high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me
Weary and old with read more
My high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me
Weary and old with service.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Though little fire grows great with little wind,
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.
Though little fire grows great with little wind,
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.