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He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
Fortune favours the bold.
Fortune favours the bold.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
The word "impossible" is not in my dictionary.
The word "impossible" is not in my dictionary.
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it read more
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
