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The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.
The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is
necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]
Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is
necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
A house and a woman sute excellently.
A house and a woman sute excellently.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.