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Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
He that serves, must serve.
He that serves, must serve.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.
Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.
Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.
Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.
