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Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
Little wealth, little care.
Little wealth, little care.
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by read more
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]
God made the country, and man made the town.
God made the country, and man made the town.
