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Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
The far-off interest of tears.
The far-off interest of tears.
Knowledge is power.
Knowledge is power.
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
If you would know secrets, looke them in griefe or pleasure.
If you would know secrets, looke them in griefe or pleasure.