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In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.
Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Many a smale maketh a grate.
Many a smale maketh a grate.
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.
The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.
