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A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that read more
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]