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The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.
My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it read more
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it would last).