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The scalded head feares cold water.
The scalded head feares cold water.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.
To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour
of the great; an experienced man fears read more
To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour
of the great; an experienced man fears it.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
