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Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.
Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.
There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.
He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
