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When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
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It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
Flies are busiest about leane horses.
Flies are busiest about leane horses.
If the first of July be rainy weather,
It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.
If the first of July be rainy weather,
It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.
The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]
The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]