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My high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me
Weary and old with read more
My high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me
Weary and old with service.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
Never was anything so inconsistent.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
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At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
Tormenting himself with his prickles.
