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He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.
Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.
If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.
Although the last, not least.
Although the last, not least.
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
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.]
