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A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
Men of different tastes have different pursuits.
Men of different tastes have different pursuits.
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
The scalded head feares cold water.
The scalded head feares cold water.
The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
