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Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
In time comes he whom God sends.
In time comes he whom God sends.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
An injury may prove a blessing.
An injury may prove a blessing.
Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
