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Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
Feares are divided in the midst.
Feares are divided in the midst.
None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.
None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.
If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
