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When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.
When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one.
Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.
Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.
In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of
thee, and so hate thee.
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of
thee, and so hate thee.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
