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No choice amongst stinking fish.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
As dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to this folly.
As dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to this folly.
Do not expect good from another's death.
Do not expect good from another's death.
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
I had rather ride on an asse that carries me, then a horse that
throwes me.
I had rather ride on an asse that carries me, then a horse that
throwes me.
A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.
A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
