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An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
Do what you should, not what you may.
Do what you should, not what you may.
We frolic while 'tis May.
We frolic while 'tis May.
That which sufficeth is not little.
That which sufficeth is not little.
Mariana in the moated grange.
Mariana in the moated grange.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
