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It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
Great businesses turne on a little pinne.
Great businesses turne on a little pinne.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return
unto the ground; for out of read more
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return
unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou
art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
A woman's general. What should we fear?
A woman's general. What should we fear?
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
