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Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Weight justly and sell dearely.
Weight justly and sell dearely.
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
