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Bachelors . Maidens' bairns and bachelors' wives are aye weel bred. {Scotch. Proverb.}
Back . 'Tis only in the forehead Nature plants the watchful eye; the back, without defence, must find its shield in man's fidelity. {Schiller.}
Back . A bad penny always comes back again. - Böser Pfennig kommt immer wieder {German. Proverb.}
Back . A man of maxims only is like a Cyclops with one eye, and that eye in the back of his head. {Coleridge.}
Back . A niggard and unfrequent worshipper of the gods, as long as I strayed from the way by senseless philosophy; I am now forced to turn my sail back, and to retrace the course I had deserted. - Parcus Deorum cultor, et infrequens, / Insanientis dum sapientiæ / Consultus erro; nunc retrorsum / Vela dare, atque iterare cursus / Cogor relictos {Horace.}
Back . A physician may not turn his back even on an enemy. - Ein Arzt darf auch dem Feind sich nicht {Gutzkow.}
Back . And take back ill-polished stanzas to the anvil. - Et male tornatos incudi reddere versus {Horace.}
Back . Armed prayers, , with arms to back them up. - Preces armatæ {i.e.}
Back . Art must not be a superficial talent, but must begin further back in man. {Emerson.}
Back . Better go back than go wrong. {Proverb.}
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