When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
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When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak.

To make a mountain of a mole-hill.

To make a mountain of a mole-hill.

Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.

Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.

Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]

Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]

Still fisheth he that catcheth one.

Still fisheth he that catcheth one.

It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.

It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!

When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!