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The goate must browse where she is tyed.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth.
Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth.
