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If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
An Asse endures his burden, but not more then his burden.
An Asse endures his burden, but not more then his burden.
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby.
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby.
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a read more
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.]
The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.
The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.