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Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
This division of labour will lessen the task.
This division of labour will lessen the task.
The ofspring of those that are very young, or very old, lasts
not.
The ofspring of those that are very young, or very old, lasts
not.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
A piece of a Churchyard fitts every body.
[A piece of a Churchyard fits every body.]
A piece of a Churchyard fitts every body.
[A piece of a Churchyard fits every body.]
