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O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
The first blow is as much as two.
The first blow is as much as two.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.
I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
