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Mote and Beam (Matt. vii. 3–5)

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In alio pedicŭlum video, in te rĭcĭnum non vides (Petronius). Here pediculum means a louse, and ricinum a tyke.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Moscow
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