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Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
