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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
He that beleeveth all, misseth; hee that beleeveth nothing, hitts
not.
He that beleeveth all, misseth; hee that beleeveth nothing, hitts
not.
The scalded head feares cold water.
The scalded head feares cold water.
Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.
Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
