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It adds to the glory both of soule and body.
It adds to the glory both of soule and body.
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
Seeing is different than being told.
Seeing is different than being told.
What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it read more
What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it is hollowed by the wave.
When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
circulated.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.
The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.