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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
Idle people have the least leisure.
Idle people have the least leisure.
At Court, every one for himselfe.
At Court, every one for himselfe.
When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.
When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.