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Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
Who's to look after the keepers?
Who's to look after the keepers?
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.
And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.
