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No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
'Tis neither here nor there.
'Tis neither here nor there.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
