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For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.
To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.
A pittifull mother makes a scald head.
A pittifull mother makes a scald head.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
