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He that once hitts, is ever bending.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
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The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.
All beasts of prey are strong or treacherous.
All beasts of prey are strong or treacherous.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
How well I feathered by nest.
How well I feathered by nest.