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There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
The tongue talkes at the heads cost.
The tongue talkes at the heads cost.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The whole family is packed into one trap.
The whole family is packed into one trap.
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
A little lett lets an ill workeman.
A little lett lets an ill workeman.
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.