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Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
Do what you should, not what you may.
Do what you should, not what you may.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?