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That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.
In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
