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When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
Dearths foreseene come not.
Dearths foreseene come not.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
A pleasant traveling companion helps us on our journey as much as
a carriage.
A pleasant traveling companion helps us on our journey as much as
a carriage.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
The mob will now and then see things in a right light.
The mob will now and then see things in a right light.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction read more
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
