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When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
The coveteous spends more then the liberall.
The coveteous spends more then the liberall.
An old cat sports not with her prey.
An old cat sports not with her prey.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.
Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
