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He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.