The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.

The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.

It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.

It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.

Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
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Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
Look here, thou vile, predestined sinner,
Doomed to be roasted for a dinner.

Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.

Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.

You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]

You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]

Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.

Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.

A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.

A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.

He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.

He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.