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A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
A man that is warned is half armed.
A man that is warned is half armed.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.
Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon read more
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
