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Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has read more
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has on his tail.
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
Circumstances alter cases.
Circumstances alter cases.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good read more
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good wife nor good horse.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.
A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.
