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Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," read more
The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," the lady said,
"Saints cannot taste in heaven."
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
