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The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
Stay a little and news will find you.
Stay a little and news will find you.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Princes are venison in Heaven.
Princes are venison in Heaven.
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.