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Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
An injury may prove a blessing.
An injury may prove a blessing.
