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Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.
Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.
The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
