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To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
Married in haste we may repent at leisure.
Married in haste we may repent at leisure.
They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
