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To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.
He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
