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You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and
what he pleaseth.
You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and
what he pleaseth.
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, read more
She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, aweary,
Oh God, that I were dead.
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.
All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded.
That all the Apostles would have done as they did.
Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded.
That all the Apostles would have done as they did.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
