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Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.
If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will read more
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work
hard.]
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to
their waning.
Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to
their waning.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
