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Omittance is no quittance.
Omittance is no quittance.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.
When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
