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Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth
not.
Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth
not.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.