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Nature never says one thing, and science another.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
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.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
