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No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
Into a mouth shut flies flie not.
Into a mouth shut flies flie not.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
A mouse relies not solely on one hole.
A mouse relies not solely on one hole.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.
There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
