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When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
He comes to the world, as a gentleman comes
To a lodging ready furnished.
He comes to the world, as a gentleman comes
To a lodging ready furnished.
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.
He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.
Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.
One flower makes no garland.
One flower makes no garland.
