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Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
In every country dogges bite.
In every country dogges bite.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
Hee that would be a Gentleman, let him goe to an assault.
Hee that would be a Gentleman, let him goe to an assault.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.
A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
