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Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven.
Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven.
Birds of a feather will gather together.
Birds of a feather will gather together.
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
Set a beggar on horseback, and he will ride a gallop.
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Set a beggar on horseback, and he will ride a gallop.
[Set a beggar on horseback, and he'll outride the Devil.]
From this it appears how much more cruel the pen may be than the
sword.
[Lat., Hinc quam read more
From this it appears how much more cruel the pen may be than the
sword.
[Lat., Hinc quam sit calamus saevior euse, patet.]
For "ignorance is the mother of devotion," as all the world
knows.
For "ignorance is the mother of devotion," as all the world
knows.
A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.
A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.
The Devil himself, which is the author of confusion and lies.
The Devil himself, which is the author of confusion and lies.
Isocrates adviseth Demonicus, when he came to a strange city, to
worship by all means the gods of the read more
Isocrates adviseth Demonicus, when he came to a strange city, to
worship by all means the gods of the place.
Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?
Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?
