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Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Anger is like
A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.
Anger is like
A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
