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Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
That is gold which is worth gold.
That is gold which is worth gold.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
An undertaking beset with danger.
An undertaking beset with danger.
The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.
The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.
Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.
