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Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.
Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.
With his own weapon do I stab him.
With his own weapon do I stab him.
Great paines quickly find ease.
Great paines quickly find ease.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
Every ill man hath his ill day.