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Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers.
A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
And whispering, "I will ne'er consent," consented.
And whispering, "I will ne'er consent," consented.