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The wife is the key of the house.
The wife is the key of the house.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
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.]
Talkers are no good doers.
Talkers are no good doers.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
