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A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A pittifull mother makes a scald head.
A pittifull mother makes a scald head.
Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its
approach.
Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its
approach.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows read more
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
And by and by a cloud takes all away!
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want read more
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want of husbandry.
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
