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Robin Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind.
Robin Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind.
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.
Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.
Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.
