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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.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
An injury may prove a blessing.
An injury may prove a blessing.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.
Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.
Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded.
That all the Apostles would have done as they did.
Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded.
That all the Apostles would have done as they did.
It is a sheep of Beery, it is marked on the nose (applyed to
those that have a blow).
It is a sheep of Beery, it is marked on the nose (applyed to
those that have a blow).
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.