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Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.
Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.
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.]
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
There are many things which may not be uttered by men in
threadbare coats.
There are many things which may not be uttered by men in
threadbare coats.
He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
All was false and hollow, though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear
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All was false and hollow, though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear
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