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To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
