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Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in read more
Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus
art will defeat art. [If you would catch a man let him think he
is catching you.]
The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.
The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it read more
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
I had rather ride on an asse that carries me, then a horse that
throwes me.
I had rather ride on an asse that carries me, then a horse that
throwes me.
The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique,
Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique).
The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique,
Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique).
The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.
The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.