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Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Hee will spend a whole yeares rent at one meales meate.
Hee will spend a whole yeares rent at one meales meate.
No naked man is sought after to be rifled.
No naked man is sought after to be rifled.
It is better to have wings then hornes.
It is better to have wings then hornes.
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
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To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
