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Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of
triumph.
He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of
triumph.
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.
It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.