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Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
One foote is better then two crutches.
One foote is better then two crutches.
If you must flie, flie well.
If you must flie, flie well.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
