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A living dog is better than a dead lion.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
The more thou stir it the worse it will be.
The more thou stir it the worse it will be.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
Buy at a faire, but sell at home.
Buy at a faire, but sell at home.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
