An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.
More Latin Proverbs:
Grow where you are planted.Latin
What is viler than to be laughed at?
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He keeps watch over a good castle who has guarded his own constitution.
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Let each man do his best.
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The hedge is trodden down where it seems to lean. [Vis., at its weakest point.]
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Things hardly attained are the longer retained.
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