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The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.
I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.