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What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.