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Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.
Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
In every Art it is good to have a master.
In every Art it is good to have a master.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
To buy deare is not bounty.
To buy deare is not bounty.
