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Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
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Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
See their own feathers pluck'd, to wing the dart,
Which rank corruption destines for their heart!
Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.
Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.]
More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.]
The ofspring of those that are very young, or very old, lasts
not.
The ofspring of those that are very young, or very old, lasts
not.
