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His bark is worse than his bite.
His bark is worse than his bite.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
Our praises are our wages.
Our praises are our wages.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
