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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a read more
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.]
A far greater warfare lies hidden under this assumed peace.
A far greater warfare lies hidden under this assumed peace.
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
