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The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked read more
Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
