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Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.
He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Novelty in all things is charming.
Novelty in all things is charming.
As many men as there are existing, so many are their different
pursuits.
As many men as there are existing, so many are their different
pursuits.
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
