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Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
Certain signs are the forerunners of certain events.
Certain signs are the forerunners of certain events.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]
A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]
