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Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Citties are taken by the eares.
Citties are taken by the eares.
Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other's heel.
Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other's heel.
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will read more
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work
hard.]
Circumstances alter cases.
Circumstances alter cases.
Noble houskeepers neede no dores.
Noble houskeepers neede no dores.
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
