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It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
Revenge is sweeter than life itself.
Revenge is sweeter than life itself.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
