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If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
He who injures one man threatens many.
He who injures one man threatens many.
He was a man
Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven
To serve the devil read more
He was a man
Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven
To serve the devil in.
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
