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 Shoemaker, stick to your last.
 [Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]  
 Shoemaker, stick to your last.
 [Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.] 
 A cobbler, . . . produced several new grins of his own invention, 
having been used to cut faces read more 
 A cobbler, . . . produced several new grins of his own invention, 
having been used to cut faces for many years together over his 
last. 
 Marry because you have drank with the king,
 And the king hath so graciously pledged you,
  You read more 
 Marry because you have drank with the king,
 And the king hath so graciously pledged you,
  You shall no more be called shoemakers.
   But you and yours to the world's end
    Shall be called the trade of the gentle craft. 
 . . . And holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and 
well made. "Yet," read more 
 . . . And holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and 
well made. "Yet," added he, "none of you can tell where it 
pinches me." 
I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.
I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.
 To one commending an orator for his skill in amplifying petty 
matters, Agesilaus said: "I do not think that read more 
 To one commending an orator for his skill in amplifying petty 
matters, Agesilaus said: "I do not think that shoemaker a good 
workman that makes a great shoe for a little foot." 
 To each foot its own shoe.
 [Fr., A chaque pied son soulier.]  
 To each foot its own shoe.
 [Fr., A chaque pied son soulier.] 
 I was not made of common calf,
 Nor ever meant for country loon;
  If with an axe read more 
 I was not made of common calf,
 Nor ever meant for country loon;
  If with an axe I seem cut out,
   The workman was no cobbling clown;
    A good jack boot with double sole he made,
     To roam the woods, or through the rivers wade. 
 Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
 [Lat., Memento, in pellicula, cerdo, tenere tuo.]  
 Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.
 [Lat., Memento, in pellicula, cerdo, tenere tuo.]