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Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.
The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
All things in their beeing are good for something.
All things in their beeing are good for something.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
