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Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory read more
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, than by fear.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.