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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
circulated.
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
I found not Cassio's kisses on her lips.
I found not Cassio's kisses on her lips.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
To buy deare is not bounty.
To buy deare is not bounty.
A woman's general. What should we fear?
A woman's general. What should we fear?
Dogs are fine in the field.
Dogs are fine in the field.