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Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
