A great lance-thrust to a dead Moor.... >>
Friday pretexts for not fasting (meaning pleas of indisposition for no... >>
A blow with a reed makes a noise but hurts not.... >>
When every one says you are an ass, bray.... >>
He who wants to catch fish must not mind a wetting.... >>
To get the chicks one must coax the hen.... (French) >>
A full cup must be carried steadily... (Greek) >>
Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.... (Latin) >>
The old ox plows a straight furrow.... (English) >>
None ever took a stone out of the temple but the dust did fl... (English) >>