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Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.
Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
One graine fills not a sacke, but helpes his fellowes.
One graine fills not a sacke, but helpes his fellowes.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Rome was not built in a day.
Rome was not built in a day.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show he harbors treason.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show he harbors treason.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
Little losses amaze, great tame.