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He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!
When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.
The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.
Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.
Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.
