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I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
What you don't know can't hurt you.
What you don't know can't hurt you.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.
Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.
Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.
Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.