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If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to
beasts.
Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to
beasts.
Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.
Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.
The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.
The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.