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A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter read more
When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter of course.
The great put the little on the hooke.
The great put the little on the hooke.
It is better to have wings then hornes.
It is better to have wings then hornes.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
