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Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
What mare's nest hast thou found?
What mare's nest hast thou found?
To go upon the Franciscans Hackney (i.e. on foot).
To go upon the Franciscans Hackney (i.e. on foot).
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
My hair is grey, but not with years.
My hair is grey, but not with years.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall read more
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes
of the sea shall declare unto thee.
The first blow is as much as two.
The first blow is as much as two.