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When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
Want of pluck shows want of blood.
Want of pluck shows want of blood.
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
I've reach'd the harbour, Hope and Chance adieu!
You've play'd with me, now play with others too.
I've reach'd the harbour, Hope and Chance adieu!
You've play'd with me, now play with others too.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
The child is father of the man.
The child is father of the man.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.