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The body is sooner drest then the soule.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
The scalded head feares cold water.
The scalded head feares cold water.
Want of pluck shows want of blood.
Want of pluck shows want of blood.
My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.
My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.
Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.