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Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
The gowne is his that we ares it, and the world his that enjoyes
it.
The gowne is his that we ares it, and the world his that enjoyes
it.
Every one fastens where there is gaine.
Every one fastens where there is gaine.
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want read more
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want of husbandry.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.