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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.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has read more
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has on his tail.
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause
for sorrow has arisen.
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause
for sorrow has arisen.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
