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The same dish cooked over and over again wears out the irksome
life of the teacher.
The same dish cooked over and over again wears out the irksome
life of the teacher.
Anger manages everything badly.
Anger manages everything badly.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.
Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.
Water trotted is as good as oates.
Water trotted is as good as oates.
