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More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]
A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
As many men as there are existing, so many are their different
pursuits.
As many men as there are existing, so many are their different
pursuits.
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious read more
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.