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It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.
He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
He plaies well that winnes.
[He plays well that wins.]
He plaies well that winnes.
[He plays well that wins.]
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
