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Make three bites of a cherry.
Make three bites of a cherry.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
[Lat., Imperium flagitio acquisitum nemo unquam bonis artibus read more
Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
[Lat., Imperium flagitio acquisitum nemo unquam bonis artibus
exercuit.]
