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Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to read more
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to drink.
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord
shall reward thee.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
None but the brave deserve the fair.
None but the brave deserve the fair.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
Cities seldome change Religion only.
Cities seldome change Religion only.
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.
