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The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.
It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
There are faults we would fain pardon.
There are faults we would fain pardon.
