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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.
He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
