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The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving
favour rather than silver and gold.
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving
favour rather than silver and gold.
Fortune favours the bold.
Fortune favours the bold.
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
The more thou stir it the worse it will be.
The more thou stir it the worse it will be.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
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And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far across the hills they went,
In that new world that is the old.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
