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A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
Nothing can come of nothing.
Nothing can come of nothing.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
As the honey of Hybla, my old lad of the castle--and is not a
buff jerkin in a most read more
As the honey of Hybla, my old lad of the castle--and is not a
buff jerkin in a most sweet robe of durance?
At Court, every one for himselfe.
At Court, every one for himselfe.
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.