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From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
He did not care a button for it.
He did not care a button for it.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.
To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
