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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
