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If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.
If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.
Sop to Cerebus.
If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.
Sop to Cerebus.
If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her read more
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her silver sound,
Is wont with spede to send redresse.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.