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A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
'Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.
'Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
He says anything that first comes into his mouth.
He says anything that first comes into his mouth.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.