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Whatsoever has exceeded its proper limit is in an unstable
position.
Whatsoever has exceeded its proper limit is in an unstable
position.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.
Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
