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When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]
If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.
If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion.
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion.
The weakest goes to the wall.
The weakest goes to the wall.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Everyone is a master and servant.
Everyone is a master and servant.