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 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." 
 One said he wondered that leather was not dearer than any other 
thing. Being demanded a reason: because, saith read more 
 One said he wondered that leather was not dearer than any other 
thing. Being demanded a reason: because, saith he, it is more 
stood upon than any other thing in the world.
   - William Hazlitt, 
 Oh, where did hunter win
 So delicate a skin
  For her feet?
   You lucky read more 
 Oh, where did hunter win
 So delicate a skin
  For her feet?
   You lucky little kid,
    You perished, so you did,
     For my sweet. 
 Shoemaker, stick to your last.
 [Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]  
 Shoemaker, stick to your last.
 [Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.] 
 Cinderella's lefts and rights
 To Geraldine's were frights,
  And I trow
   The damsel, deftly read more 
 Cinderella's lefts and rights
 To Geraldine's were frights,
  And I trow
   The damsel, deftly shod,
    Has dutifully trod
     Until now. 
 The title of Ultracrepidarian critics has been given to those 
persons who find fault with small and insignificant details.  
 The title of Ultracrepidarian critics has been given to those 
persons who find fault with small and insignificant details. 
 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.] 
 To each foot its own shoe.
 [Fr., A chaque pied son soulier.]  
 To each foot its own shoe.
 [Fr., A chaque pied son soulier.] 
Him that makes shoes go barefoot himself.
Him that makes shoes go barefoot himself.