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In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
It is very hard to shave an egge.
It is very hard to shave an egge.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
I had rather ride on an asse that carries me, then a horse that
throwes me.
I had rather ride on an asse that carries me, then a horse that
throwes me.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
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One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.