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Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.
He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
