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A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and
the trees their leaves.
The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and
the trees their leaves.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
A pittifull looke askes enough.
A pittifull looke askes enough.
Heresie is the school of pride.
Heresie is the school of pride.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of read more
For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of cold and dry
To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume
The balm of life.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
