A Hand-book of Proverbs: Comprising an Entire Republication of Ray's Collection of English Proverbs, with His Additions from Foreign Languages, and a Complete Alphabetical IndexG. Bell and sons, 1899 - 583 pages |
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... truth , I cannot warrant all those phrases to be genuine Proverbs to which I have allowed room in this collection ; for , indeed , I do not satisfy myself in many : but because they were sent me for such by learned and intelligent ...
... truth , I cannot warrant all those phrases to be genuine Proverbs to which I have allowed room in this collection ; for , indeed , I do not satisfy myself in many : but because they were sent me for such by learned and intelligent ...
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... truths , well applied to a point in question ? They drive the nail home in discourse , and clinch it with the strongest conviction : for which reason Aristotle , in his Rhetoric , places proverbs among the undeniable testimonies of truth ...
... truths , well applied to a point in question ? They drive the nail home in discourse , and clinch it with the strongest conviction : for which reason Aristotle , in his Rhetoric , places proverbs among the undeniable testimonies of truth ...
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... Truth and oil are ever above . Span . Truth hath a good face , but bad clothes . Follow truth too close at the heels , ' twill strike out [ Fr. your teeth . U , V. No cut like unkindness . Unknown , unkissed . Unminded , unmoaned ...
... Truth and oil are ever above . Span . Truth hath a good face , but bad clothes . Follow truth too close at the heels , ' twill strike out [ Fr. your teeth . U , V. No cut like unkindness . Unknown , unkissed . Unminded , unmoaned ...
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... truth . The Dutch proverb hath it thus : You are not to expect truth from any one but children , or persons drunk or mad . In vino veritas , we know . Enfans et fols sons devins . Fr. Children and fools have merry lives . For , out of ...
... truth . The Dutch proverb hath it thus : You are not to expect truth from any one but children , or persons drunk or mad . In vino veritas , we know . Enfans et fols sons devins . Fr. Children and fools have merry lives . For , out of ...
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... truth comes out . Faint heart never won a fair lady . ̓Αλλ ' οι γὰρ ἀθυμοῦντες ἄνδρες οὔποτε τρόπαιον ἐστήσαντο . Suidas ex Eupolide , Timidi nunquam statuere tropæum . Le couard n'aura belle amie.-Fr. For , Audentes fortuna juvat . A ...
... truth comes out . Faint heart never won a fair lady . ̓Αλλ ' οι γὰρ ἀθυμοῦντες ἄνδρες οὔποτε τρόπαιον ἐστήσαντο . Suidas ex Eupolide , Timidi nunquam statuere tropæum . Le couard n'aura belle amie.-Fr. For , Audentes fortuna juvat . A ...
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