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Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
A little and good fills the trencher.
A little and good fills the trencher.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.