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Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.
Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same
thing as if he slew him.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same
thing as if he slew him.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
