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Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.
Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.
Let us not throw the rope after the bucket.
[Sp., No arrojemos la soga tras el caldero.]
Let us not throw the rope after the bucket.
[Sp., No arrojemos la soga tras el caldero.]
Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be
shunned.
Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be
shunned.
It is always good
When a man has two irons in the fire.
It is always good
When a man has two irons in the fire.
If thou art terrible to many, then beware of many.
[Lat., Multis terribilis, caveto multos.]
If thou art terrible to many, then beware of many.
[Lat., Multis terribilis, caveto multos.]
Yee have many strings to your bowe.
Yee have many strings to your bowe.
The first years of man must make provision for the last.
The first years of man must make provision for the last.
And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be
for a glorious read more
And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be
for a glorious throne to his father's house.
He is a dangerous fellow, keep clear of him. (That is: he has
hay on his horns, showing he read more
He is a dangerous fellow, keep clear of him. (That is: he has
hay on his horns, showing he is dangerous.)
[Lat., Faenum habet in cornu, longe fuge.]
