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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late read more
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late life by Archdeacon Coxe.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
One mouth doth nothing without another.
One mouth doth nothing without another.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
