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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
If all fooles had babies, wee should want fuell.
If all fooles had babies, wee should want fuell.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.
A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
