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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
If music be the food of love, play on.
If music be the food of love, play on.
The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.
The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
All soils are not fertile.
All soils are not fertile.
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to read more
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to despise counsell.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
