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No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
None is offended but by himselfe.
None is offended but by himselfe.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
You must strike in measure, when there are many to strike on one
Anvile.
You must strike in measure, when there are many to strike on one
Anvile.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Hee that is in a Taverne thinkes he is in a vine-garden.
Hee that is in a Taverne thinkes he is in a vine-garden.
He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.
He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.
