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Princes are venison in Heaven.
Princes are venison in Heaven.
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
The gowne is his that we ares it, and the world his that enjoyes
it.
The gowne is his that we ares it, and the world his that enjoyes
it.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.