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Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.
Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
A woman's general. What should we fear?
A woman's general. What should we fear?
By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.
By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
Whatsoever has exceeded its proper limit is in an unstable
position.
Whatsoever has exceeded its proper limit is in an unstable
position.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
