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The more thou stir it the worse it will be.
The more thou stir it the worse it will be.
A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.
A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
Set good against evill.
[Set good against evil.]
Set good against evill.
[Set good against evil.]
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
She had a good opinion of advice,
Like all who give and eke receive it gratis,
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She had a good opinion of advice,
Like all who give and eke receive it gratis,
For which small thanks are still the market price,
Even where the article at highest rate is.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
A blustering night, a faire day.
A blustering night, a faire day.