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A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.
The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.
To deceive ones selfe is very easie.
To deceive ones selfe is very easie.
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
