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Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
Regarding nothing as done, while ought remained to be done.
Regarding nothing as done, while ought remained to be done.
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.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
