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Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.
Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
The swiftness of time is infinite, which is the more evident to
those who look back on what has read more
The swiftness of time is infinite, which is the more evident to
those who look back on what has passed.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his
girdle.
Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his
girdle.
