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A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.
A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
Goe not for every griefe to the Phtsitian, nor for every quarrell
to the Lawyer, nor for every thirst read more
Goe not for every griefe to the Phtsitian, nor for every quarrell
to the Lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.
