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It's a poore sport that's not worth the candle.
[It is a poor sport that is not worth the read more
It's a poore sport that's not worth the candle.
[It is a poor sport that is not worth the candle.]
Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.
Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
He is most powerful who governs himself.
He is most powerful who governs himself.
Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
