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A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.
If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.
On a good bargaine thinke twice.
On a good bargaine thinke twice.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.
The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
I give not gold for mere expectations.
I give not gold for mere expectations.
