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And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.
And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
Drought never brought dearth.
Drought never brought dearth.
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has read more
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has on his tail.
Hope is the poore mans bread.
Hope is the poore mans bread.
Idleness induces caprice.
Idleness induces caprice.