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The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the
horse is lost, for read more
For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the
horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.
A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.
A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
But few prize honour more than money.
But few prize honour more than money.
A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule.
A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
A fickle and capricious woman.
A fickle and capricious woman.
