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Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the read more
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the censures of the world.
The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood.
The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.