Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.[206:5]

Jacula Prudentum.

Help thyself, and God will help thee.[206:6]

Jacula Prudentum.

Words are women, deeds are men.[206:7]

Jacula Prudentum.

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.[206:8]

Jacula Prudentum.

A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees farther of the two.[206:9]

Jacula Prudentum.