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When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.
For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.
My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
The world is now adayes, God save the Conquerour.
The world is now adayes, God save the Conquerour.