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I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore.
Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore.
Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a
wig, and a wife.
Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a
wig, and a wife.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
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I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every day explains why.]
Have consideration for wounded feelings.
Have consideration for wounded feelings.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
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The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.