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Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it read more
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.
Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.
He did not care a button for it.
He did not care a button for it.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
