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Success brings many to ruin.
Success brings many to ruin.
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
Breaking his oath and resolution, like
A twist of rotten silk.
Breaking his oath and resolution, like
A twist of rotten silk.
