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The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
