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He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Though little fire grows great with little wind,
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.
Though little fire grows great with little wind,
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.
What's done can't be undone.
[Fr., Ce qui est faicr ne se peult desfaire.]
What's done can't be undone.
[Fr., Ce qui est faicr ne se peult desfaire.]
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
