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Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your
enemy.
Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your
enemy.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
