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To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the read more
To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the nation;
Sure John and I are more than quit.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
A little and good fills the trencher.
A little and good fills the trencher.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
