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Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
There are faults we would fain pardon.
There are faults we would fain pardon.
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with read more
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]
Want of pluck shows want of blood.
Want of pluck shows want of blood.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
