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Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
A fickle and capricious woman.
A fickle and capricious woman.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.
He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.
