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Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of
thee, and so hate thee.
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of
thee, and so hate thee.
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife read more
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]
Short boughs, long vintage.
Short boughs, long vintage.
Feare, the Bedle of the Law.
Feare, the Bedle of the Law.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that
ruleth his spirit than he read more
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that
ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
