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To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
All the Armes of England will not arme feare.
All the Armes of England will not arme feare.
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
