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Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower read more
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
