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Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
In sports and journeys men are knowne.
In sports and journeys men are knowne.
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Hee that respects not, is not respected.
Hee that respects not, is not respected.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
