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The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
Living well is the best revenge.
Living well is the best revenge.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner read more
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel
hard by.]
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
